In case the opinion of a third party watching this exchange is useful, I felt that thaumasiotes's comments were reasonable and your comment above is the first t

In case the opinion of a third party watching this exchange is useful, I felt that thaumasiotes's comments were reasonable and your comment above is the first to contain hostility. Your confusion may stem from the fact that you mis-read thaumasiotes's first comment and you were on the back foot from that point forwards.