Its a good summary! I didn't make the connection "these arguments are not persuasive" => "its an excuse" and rather read the part as "not persuaded by the argu

Its a good summary! I didn't make the connection "these arguments are not persuasive" => "its an excuse" and rather read the part as "not persuaded by the argument" and so I tried to clarify. (Didn't look so good did it:) Thanks for taking the time to clarify ergothus.