Subject: Nope.
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Posted on: 2014-08-17 01:15:00 UTC

No, "non-sequitur" is not "youthful slang-speech" for insult. (And I, for one, am not exactly pleased with the condescension to the perceived youth of the people you're talking to. You have no idea how old Des, or Sergio, or any of us are, and in this space, the oldest of us, some of whom have multiple offspring, are not more or less important or valued than the youngest of us.)

It means to us exactly what it has always meant, which is, from the Latin, a statement that does not follow the thread of conversation. You do this pretty often, and have done it here. Let me explain:

Desdendelle and Sergio Turbo responded to a thread that they perceptively saw as getting heated by telling you that you were beginning to aggravate some folks, and pointing out what July and others have already said - that a lot of the questions you ask in original threads could be answered by doing some research. (Yes, I'm aware it's not as easy as just typing in search terms and reading - we sort of have a big multiverse, and it will indeed take time to sort through and find things. We all do this; it's part of being a writer, here as much as anywhere else.)

You responded to them by saying that you had a particular response, but were going to wait until morning, because of a weak bladder about it(?), and then went off on a tangent about something completely unrelated - other stories you were considering. The post alluded to a potential response without actually giving one, and then went off on a non-sequitur.

Now, about the thread itself.

And the lack of license is a technicality. My first permission giver denied it because their computer displayed an error in one of my files when mine didn't, but the biggest thing is they thought I wouldn't do anything with the permission if I had it.

Specifically, the part where you say: And the lack of license is a technicality.

No. No, it is not. A simple computer error would certainly not be enough to deny permission. There were other points, and other critiques, and other reasons, both on your first and your second request, and it makes me very uncomfortable that you are just sort of brushing those aside.

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