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Message: [QUOTE="Hans Sprungfeld, post: 4831054, member: 181"] Nelson is a master of making the winning argument against what somebody hasn't actually said. He shifts others' words just enough to make his contrary opinion sound meaningful, and (I suppose) hopes that nobody notices the dishonesty of him doing so. It's a weird victory that can't be fully satisfying, but it has persisted for far too long to be here coincidence. I can't recall when he's acknowledged this pecadillo and shown appreciation for the partial compliment within what I've written: it's clear he's no dummy, so he has to know what he's doing. I wonder what moves him to pursue such compromised framings with such regularity. He could be a much more valuable presence within this community if he were more maturely right-sized and played things more straight, but he doesn't seem interested in such a path. [/QUOTE]