DIFFERENCE, I couldn't quite place my finger on exactly why I've been so turned off by your recent posts (and as far as I can tell, you've only been posting here for a couple of weeks at most). I've read and re-read them in an effort to understand which button of mine is feeling pushed as well as why I'm seemingly sensitive to you in this way. You bring up some interesting topics. Discussions that I've had, and would like to continue having, but for some reason- when these issues are presented by you- I haven't felt the desire to jump into the conversation at all.

Until now.

And that's because I finally figured out why your posts seemingly rub me the wrong way. There is an air of superficial authority about them. You present observations or issues, ask pertinent questions about them from us- your audience for all intents and purposes- yet you seem to do it from a position of assumed superiority. I almost feel as if I'm either in an interrogation room or a job interview... or perhaps even a classroom where I'm supposed to blindly accept your take on the world and offer my own with some form of a pass/fail grading system.

So, I'm offering my perception of your posts here because I definitely experienced a bit of a knee-jerk reaction to them...which is why I chose not to contribute to any of them until I could discern what the hell was up with that. And, its possible others have experienced a similar reaction to your posts. I don't know. But what I DO KNOW is that, regardless of how benignly you present these topics, there is a tone to them that is off putting, at least to me and possibly to a few others. I believe this is worth noting in the event that you'd like to engage in any real, meaningful and effective dialogue with the likes of me. And if there are others in EH that experienced a reaction (and it appears there are at least a few) then perhaps finding a less offensive tone would be beneficial. However, I can only speak for myself.

The point is that I've find the subject of your posts interesting enough to warrant a second look, but upon opening said topics and reading through your verbiage, I found myself not wanting to engage in dialogue with you at all.

-K