[MD] Taking Words Seriously

[Matt Kundert]

Hi Dave,

DMB said:
Matt, you could barely stand to acknowledge the role of DQ, 
describing it as a "blank page".

Matt:
I was being sincere when I said I had thought about DQ, and its 
non-appearance, in first composing the post in question, and I was 
sincere in saying that I couldn't see how I was exposing myself to 
your critical point of view.  We disagree, clearly, but I still have to 
confess that I don't understand what your criticism was/is.  It's a 
form of "leaving out DQ," but I don't understand your criticisms of 
my attempts to include it.  (I wish I could think that it was more 
than just not saying "DQ" enough, but sometimes that's all that it 
looks like.)  I picked up the "blank page," albeit, from Dave 
Thomas, but it does seem like a perfectly fine version of the SODV 
picture (or, at least, I don't understand your attempts to criticize it).

So, in the end I guess you're right: you do have something to teach 
me that I don't understand.  However, my difficulty lies in not being 
able to describe it further than an ineffable "something," because I 
lack the handholds necessary to understand where you think my lack 
is and what you think can fill it.  What I don't understand is you, 
which would be the first step to understanding the object of the 
lesson.  Shame on my intelligence, I guess.

Thank you as always for trying Dave,

Matt