Posted by codeunknown:
Posted by Bonn1997:
Okay; I guess Raven and I didn't realize that and don't understand the point to the "rhetorical" question
Im not debating your understanding, yet. But, a sarcastic response to a rhetorical question is usually nonsensical - why would you tell me where to find the stats if its clear I already knew what they were.
It wasn't a sarcastic response. BOTH Raven and I (and I suspect other readers too) had no idea that you were asking a rhetorical question and that is why both of us directly addressed the question. Usually there is a point to a rhetorical question and a reason why the question is not intended to be answered. Usually there's some kind of implication that FOLLOWS FROM the question without the question needing to be directly answered, which is why it's a rhetorical question. As I said earlier, your rhetorical question makes no sense because there is no implication that follows from it, which is why no one thought it was a rhetorical question.