In general, I make it a point to not run away when pressed. That way, if anyone does continue to read on, it gives my points more legitimacy. I think by this point it’s pretty clear that you and I disagree on what constitutes “publicly available,” I consider anything to be available to the public to go and get to be publicly available, while you take the more extreme view that for something to be publicly available, it must have no steps required to get it, a simple link to a download or viewing must be the shortest distance. I disagree, but I don’t honestly think this disagreement is worth calling either of us liars.
To that end, I suppose I got carried away and returned your energy. Once you declared me a liar and untrustworthy, I wanted to flip that on its head. You called it a “no u” argument, but my point was always clear, you and I both have different views on what publicly available means. The data itself that I referenced and the points I made based on them are widely available from people like the person I linked, so it’s not like the validity of the data is seriously in question.
As for not taking it to DMs, it’s because I know neither of us are likely to be convinced, so the only utility it could possibly have to either of us is being in the open. I don’t really expect to convince you in particular, but discussing things openly has convinced many bystanders to my various points over the years, so it’s keeping true to that.
In general, I make it a point to not run away when pressed. That way, if anyone does continue to read on, it gives my points more legitimacy. I think by this point it’s pretty clear that you and I disagree on what constitutes “publicly available,” I consider anything to be available to the public to go and get to be publicly available, while you take the more extreme view that for something to be publicly available, it must have no steps required to get it, a simple link to a download or viewing must be the shortest distance. I disagree, but I don’t honestly think this disagreement is worth calling either of us liars.
To that end, I suppose I got carried away and returned your energy. Once you declared me a liar and untrustworthy, I wanted to flip that on its head. You called it a “no u” argument, but my point was always clear, you and I both have different views on what publicly available means. The data itself that I referenced and the points I made based on them are widely available from people like the person I linked, so it’s not like the validity of the data is seriously in question.
As for not taking it to DMs, it’s because I know neither of us are likely to be convinced, so the only utility it could possibly have to either of us is being in the open. I don’t really expect to convince you in particular, but discussing things openly has convinced many bystanders to my various points over the years, so it’s keeping true to that.
Just my 2 cents.