Posted by bryte on October 27, 2014, at 3:23:03
In reply to Re: privacy, posted by Dr. Bob on October 26, 2014, at 23:01:00
> Perhaps you overestimate what I saw as my role. I assumed you could introduce yourself to others at the meeting.
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> BobPerhaps you overestimate your ability to backpedal and deflect attention from aspects of a dialogue that do not serve your preferences.
I correctly estimated what you stated was your role when you invited me to "get() to know the psychiatric community, or allow() the psychiatric community to get to know (me)." You represented yourself as the agent who would direct my introduction to "the psychiatric community."
Your invitation was twofold - you first suggested my participation "in a panel at a conference" which could be any panel, whether or not you were "presenting" then more specifically referenced that you "presented with members of the Babble community before and would be happy to do so again." You represented these introductions as a settings in which you "present."You invited me to "get to know" what is in reality a limited, indefinite subset that you described definitely as "the" psychiatric community.
There are only three articles used in the English language - a, an and the. Their purpose as adjectives is very specific - to delineate between definite or indefinite subjects. A definite article used in reference to a group refers to the entire group.
You might explain to yourself the use of a definite article in reference to an indefinite subject as casual hyperbole, but it can be read as a grandiose exaggeration of your role in "the" psychiatric community.
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