[Protagoras]

Or do I again err in my assumptions?

Yep. I asked him to clarify. It was a fair question. It need not be made privately.

But I thank you again for jumping in with your speculations about what someone else is thinking.

Now run along and jump to some more conclusions.

[LexBaird]

original post:How's this: Stop charging $14.99 for a f****ing CD and then maybe people will start buying them.

Are you saying it is OK to steal things if the price is higher than someone is willing to pay?

Me:... you evidently find them [his views] obscure enough to assume he was advocating theft. Or do I again err in my assumptions?

You:Yep. I asked him to clarify. It was a fair question.

Ah. So that is what a "fair question" and "request for clarification" looks like in your world. Where I come from, we call it a rhetorical strawman. Do you work as a journalist, by chance?