I don’t have any strong objections to any of this (various minor ones, but that’s to be expected)…
… except the last paragraph (#5, starting with “I think Said is trying to figure out …”). There I think you importantly mis-characterize my views; or, to be more precise, you leave out a major aspect, which (in addition to being a missing key point), by its absence colors the rest of your characterization. (What is there is not wrong, per se, but, again, the missing aspect makes it importantly misleading.)
I would, of course, normally elaborate here, but I hesitate to end up with this comment thread/section being filled with my comments. Let me know if you want me to give my thoughts on this in detail here, or elsewhere.
I would appreciate more color on your views; by that point I was veering into speculation and hesitant to go too much further, which naturally leads to incompleteness.
Thank you for laying out your reasoning.
I don’t have any strong objections to any of this (various minor ones, but that’s to be expected)…
… except the last paragraph (#5, starting with “I think Said is trying to figure out …”). There I think you importantly mis-characterize my views; or, to be more precise, you leave out a major aspect, which (in addition to being a missing key point), by its absence colors the rest of your characterization. (What is there is not wrong, per se, but, again, the missing aspect makes it importantly misleading.)
I would, of course, normally elaborate here, but I hesitate to end up with this comment thread/section being filled with my comments. Let me know if you want me to give my thoughts on this in detail here, or elsewhere.
(EDIT: Now expanded upon in this comment.)
I would appreciate more color on your views; by that point I was veering into speculation and hesitant to go too much further, which naturally leads to incompleteness.