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Jimmy-T
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    Jun Durection said:

    There are obviously two clear sides to the argument about balcony washing … the Flat Chat Forum shouldn’t just be exclusive to one and shout the other down.

     

    First of all, I think you’ll find the washing on balconies viewpoints are fairly evenly divided here.  Even if they aren’t, people don’t get “shouted down”. You get your fair share of space and if someone disagrees that’s part of the debate that you claim to want. I disagree with you but if I wanted to “shout you down”, your posts would never see the light of day.

     

    Please don’t misunderstand me, quote me out of context or verbal me guys.

    If you don’t want to be misunderstood, it is incumbent on you to express yourself more clearly or at least correct the perceived misconception when it occurs.  I have been writing professionally for much too long to admit in public but I still assume that if someone misunderstands what I’ve written, it’s my fault, not theirs.

    How have you been quoted out of context?  This IS the context. Being quoted out of context is usually an excuse used by politicians who have been caught saying something they shouldn’t have said when they thought no one who disagreed with them was listening (viz Allan Jones, Mitt Romney et al).

    As for “verballing” – my understanding of that is that it’s taking a few words you have said and distorting the intended meaning.  None of that has happened here.

     

    The world needs a contrarian or two.

     

    A “contrarian”, in my view, is summed up be this definition from the Urban Dictionary: “A person who disagrees with the mainstream or accepted view because he believes it makes him look good and feeds his ego, not because his argument is well thought-out or rational.”

    There are other definitions and maybe you didn’t mean that one but if that IS you, please take it elsewhere.  We have enough to do dealing with genuinely held contrary opinions without having people deliberately polarising the discussion, just for the hell of it.

     
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