I think I feel similar to lahwran. You made a lot of good points, but the comment feels aggressive in a way that would make me feel surprised if the discussion following this comment would be good. Not downvoting or upvoting either way because of this.
Sensible; have been going through and making edits to reduce aggressiveness (e.g. removing italics, correcting typical-mind fallacies, etc.) I like having these comments here as a record of what was there before edits occurred.
I would argue that Thrasymachus’ initial post also carried an undertone of aggression (that Duncan may have picked up on, either consciously or subconsciously), but that this was possibly obscured and/or distracted from by its very formal tone.
(Whether you prefer veiled or explicit aggression is a “pick your poison” kind of choice.)
I think I feel similar to lahwran. You made a lot of good points, but the comment feels aggressive in a way that would make me feel surprised if the discussion following this comment would be good. Not downvoting or upvoting either way because of this.
Sensible; have been going through and making edits to reduce aggressiveness (e.g. removing italics, correcting typical-mind fallacies, etc.) I like having these comments here as a record of what was there before edits occurred.
Upvoted the top level comment after the edit.
I would argue that Thrasymachus’ initial post also carried an undertone of aggression (that Duncan may have picked up on, either consciously or subconsciously), but that this was possibly obscured and/or distracted from by its very formal tone.
(Whether you prefer veiled or explicit aggression is a “pick your poison” kind of choice.)
This seems correct to me. And I originally didn’t upvote the top-level post either.