Well, the parent post I replied to said this: > Is the knife a murderer or the person who wields it? I attempted to abstract that, to make my response imperso

Well, the parent post I replied to said this: > Is the knife a murderer or the person who wields it? I attempted to abstract that, to make my response impersonal. The archetype is based on a phrase well known in some countries, but certainly not all (my apologies for making assumptions): "guns don't kill people, people kill people". Another reason I avoided that specific sentence was to avoid the strong emotions it invokes. About what I wrote starting "In fact...", the sentences following that were my attempt to expand the point about quagmires. Oh well. Thanks for the response anyway! :)