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   From: seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com   
      
   Bill Patterson wrote:   
      
   >   
   > Sorry -- experience suggests it really doesn't work that way.   
      
   	My experience is the opposite.   
      
   > Pointing out how someone's reading doesn't really square with the text   
      
   	In many cases, this is because there's more than one way of reading a   
   text. Of course, any way besides my way is WRONG, but that's beside the   
   point.   
      
   > seems to generate an immense amount of defensive smoke screen, which   
   > makes sorting the signal out from the noise very difficult.   
      
   	This doesn't stop you from discussing the "real" at all. It just means   
   that THAT PERSON isn't someone you are going to continue the discussion   
   with.   
      
   	If of course your "real" reading isn't shared by anyone else, you may   
   end up apparently talking to yourself, but that STILL doesn't make it   
   impossible to discuss on a public forum.   
      
      
      
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