I didn’t see it as all that snipey. I think downvotes should be reserved for more severe tonal misdemeanours than this.
There’s a bit of difficult balance between necessary policing of tone and engagement with substantive arguments. I think as a rule people tend to talk about tone too much in arguments to the detriment of talking about the substance.
Yeah, on re-reading, the “How is that not a one off of $1bn?” does seem snippy. Okay. Fair cop.
I didn’t see it as all that snipey. I think downvotes should be reserved for more severe tonal misdemeanours than this.
There’s a bit of difficult balance between necessary policing of tone and engagement with substantive arguments. I think as a rule people tend to talk about tone too much in arguments to the detriment of talking about the substance.