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teejai said:I didn't think the initial tone of pachyderm's comment was necessary.
It came over as confrontational.

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What you see as "confrontational" is in fact a result of fear: my fear of mental distresses (including my own) as being so badly misinterpreted as to cause further suffering. I, and I feel quite sure others, have experience with this.

No doubt you picked up, without realizing it, this fear.