> addressing the interlocutor instead of the issue still fails to address the issue. Logically, you are correct. Realistically, with a lot of people, failing t

> addressing the interlocutor instead of the issue still fails to address the issue. Logically, you are correct. Realistically, with a lot of people, failing to address the interlocutor will result in a failure to address the issue. The "Let's keep personalities and egos out of this" methodology works in a rather narrow domain.