hey there.

> I used the off topic smiley against myself

ah... i thought you were using it to refer to the people who were talking about the theorists...

there are often ambiguities in language. quite often people read it one way and don't even see that there is another way to take it until someone else points out that they interpreted / intended it quite differently.

thanks for explaining. that really helped. i most certainly didn't think that your post was off topic. i'm glad you joined in the conversation.

please don't think harder before posting. you didn't say anything wrong. sorry i interpreted your post the way i did. i'm really glad we were able to talk about this and clear it up.

i'm sorry if you felt uncomfortable or anything in response to my post. i really was... just trying to understand. (i was also genuine about people being willing to explain stuff more clearly if you do have trouble understanding aspects of their posts. if you don't understand... guaranteed that there are other people who don't understand either).

take care.