Posted by Rick on March 21, 1999 at 17:58:44 {MWSZV6.08fSjY}:
In Reply to: *Realization posted by Al; on March 21, 1999 at 09:17:05:
Without saying you're 100% on the money in assessing my post, I think your post was excellent and conveyed the gist of what I was trying to say. I didn't pick it apart in depth to where I can state that everything is representative of my outlook, but in reading it, you came very close to my outlook! I wish others would take what I say as analytically as you did, and not try interjecting words into my mouth that I didn't say. Reading between the lines is fine if one is perceptive, and a large part of perception of anyone is having been around to read their other posts. There's a difference between "I felt like that," versus "I absolutely meant that." The former is that you're stating how you feel even if later you might feel regrets and recant, the latter is a more definitive affirmation of your exact views. Rarely does someone state the latter, because they might not even know their own mind on certain issues.
Rick