Look, I have to ask: is there some reason why you’re refusing to give me a straightforward “yes” or “no” answer to a yes-or-no question?
I ask because this is making it very difficult to follow what you’re saying. I would like to understand your comments, but it would really be much easier for me to do that if the commentary accompanied the direct answers, rather than replacing them!
If you understand my reasoning, you can infer my answers.
If you don’t understand my reasoning, I would not actually want you to know my answers.
This sometimes leads to a style of writing that keeps things abstract and indirect and as a result is able to tell the truth about any issue, because it means that the author’s positions on things will only be clear to people who understand why they think that (and can thus empathize with it, speak to it, and probably agree with it).
Look, I have to ask: is there some reason why you’re refusing to give me a straightforward “yes” or “no” answer to a yes-or-no question?
I ask because this is making it very difficult to follow what you’re saying. I would like to understand your comments, but it would really be much easier for me to do that if the commentary accompanied the direct answers, rather than replacing them!
I did, each answer was in sequence.
But the reason I was reluctant initially was:
If you understand my reasoning, you can infer my answers.
If you don’t understand my reasoning, I would not actually want you to know my answers.
This sometimes leads to a style of writing that keeps things abstract and indirect and as a result is able to tell the truth about any issue, because it means that the author’s positions on things will only be clear to people who understand why they think that (and can thus empathize with it, speak to it, and probably agree with it).