Originally Posted by
chasm54
You make the mistake that many make here, namely that you think you can know the poster from their posts.
You may have a point here. Just because a contributer's posts make them look like an annoying, argumentative, supercilious man or woman, that doesn't necessarily mean they are. On the other hand...............
Originally Posted by
chasm54
what people think of me is their business, not mine, and reflects their personality rather than my qualities or lack of them.
Again a feasible proposition but, ad absurdum, I doubt that people's dislike of Pol Pot just reflected their personalities. It may have been something to do with his qualities or lack of them.
Originally Posted by
chasm54
It hasn't much to do with erudition.
I am quite prepared to accept it is nothing to do with you being erudite.
Originally Posted by
chasm54
It has to do with being uninterested in the illusion that in a place like this one is actually forming relationships.
True, if you believe that relationships can only be formed person to person. IMO a very narrow interpretation, particularly in the 21st century with the developments in communications, but then again it's only my opinion and open to question.