...if someone says something like "Why do people think X?" I will tend to treat that as a factual question and try to answer it.
I do, too, and when I ask "Why?" I mean simply that: can someone please explain to me why ___________ . However, I long ago learned, to my sorrow, that many people hear "Why?" as either a doubt or a challenge.
(You know, I'm beginning to get the impression that you and I share some viewpoints/worldviews that are not particularly common.)
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Date: 2006-07-05 09:30 pm (UTC)I do, too, and when I ask "Why?" I mean simply that: can someone please explain to me why ___________ . However, I long ago learned, to my sorrow, that many people hear "Why?" as either a doubt or a challenge.
(You know, I'm beginning to get the impression that you and I share some viewpoints/worldviews that are not particularly common.)