Parent without placeholder status

[Seyfi Duyan]

On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 11:57 PM, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:

> On 26 September 2010 21:28, Seyfi Duyan <seyfi.duyan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I suggest you read and comprehend Colin Law's responses in this thread to
> > get what "reasonable" really means.
>
> I hope Elizabeth will not mind if I suggest that there was a small
> misunderstanding that caused this issue.  I think that when you asked
> 'What is the point of using an account as parent if I need to post
> individual transactions to it?' she interpreted this as a rhetorical
> question so she thought you meant something like 'I do not see any
> point in using an account as parent if I need to post individual
> transactions to it.'  and replied that others may see a point to it.
>

Really? So why did you not see it rhetorical?
Why is there yet another *reasonable* reply in this thread that tries to
really answer the question and hence make a *reasonable* contribution to the
list?
And what is this tribe like attitude? Did I offend some brotherhood by not
giving in to patronization? Is she a little girl needing protection from
tribe's elders?


> Thereby making an entirely 'reasonable' reply, though it did not in
> fact answer your question.
>
>
I doubt you know anything about reasoning at all.




> Colin
>
> >
> > On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 10:44 PM, David Halverson <hellvee at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Hmm Seyfi Duyan, you ask for help or an explanation, you get a
> reasonable
> >> answer and then you accuse the responder of acting like a princess.
>  Good
> >> move.
> >>
> >> Dave Halverson
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: gnucash-user-bounces at gnucash.org
> >> [mailto:gnucash-user-bounces at gnucash.org] On Behalf Of Seyfi Duyan
> >> Sent: Sunday, 26 September 2010 10:24 PM
> >> To: Elizabeth Dodd
> >> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> >> Subject: Re: Parent without placeholder status
> >>
> >> On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 12:47 AM, Elizabeth Dodd <edodd at billiau.net>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> > On Sun, 26 Sep 2010 00:23:37 +0300
> >> > Seyfi Duyan <seyfi.duyan at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > What's the point of using an account as parent if I need to post
> >> > > individual transactions to it?
> >> >
> >> > You may not have any need, but it suits others.
> >> >
> >>
> >> Ah, so that's the point?
> >> why did your highness even bother to type that and waste her precious
> >> keystrokes?
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