I did not explain anything, Knowlton. As should be clear to any one reading and genuinely trying to understand, I offered a reaction to a statement — obviously qualified — of yours. I surmised. I well understood and accepted that I could be wrong.

Your sarcasm only impedes communication and risks alienation; a different style might help. Your knee-jerk, dismissive, self-affirming reaction exemplifies a trait that little becomes any of us, man or woman.

The world is as it is, or, the world is as some think it should be. Get real.