And you called me down for wishing everyone "Merry Christmas"!

It's okay. A little friendliness on The Forum isn't all that much a bad thing, right?

Happy Halloween.

Tesla car sees ghosts and do not want to run over them.

Yes, and a dialogue generally requires responding to what other people write. 

If I recall correctly, I pointed out to you in one of our first exchanges that no one expects everyone to be on hand to answer questions on any given timeline, but when someone asks you a direct question in a thread, and if you then repeatedly refuse to answer it, even while you continue posting to that thread and even directly addressing the poster whose questions you are ignoring, the dialogue eventually stops looking like a dialogue and starts looking like a monologue. 

Helen Young said

No. Not sure why you're asking essentially the same question so many times.  

Because it needs to be clearly clarified.

I think the question was answered clearly the first time. Not sure how asking it multiple times in the same post provides any additional clarity, but you do you.

The Forum's policies and expected conduct need to be stated clearly, and perhaps repeatedly, to ensure complete clarity.  

The forum rules are posted at the top of every subforum. Is there anything you still don't understand about the rules?

Robert said

Helen Young said
Are we under any obligation to answer any questions or respond to any posts directed towards us?

Of course not.

We are here to have conversations and dialogue. Doesn't that imply that every word and every exchange in these dialogues should be consensual, a matter of choice, and not obligatory?

Of course.

Someone can ask another person a very nice question. Very nicely put and very respectfully worded. Still, is the person being asked the question under any obligation or outside compulsion to answer?

Yet again, of course not.

A person can just not feel like it. They can want to think about it. They can be too tired. They can be choosing to spend their time elsewhere, whether on the Forum or somewhere else. They can be confused by the question. They may not like the way the question was worded. They can feel bombarded by questions if there are a number of them. They may want some space from the questioner because of the way they have been treated by them in the past. They may have missed a question. They may feel that the questioner is playing out some kind of one-upmanship, saying "look at me, I'm smarter than you" or for any other reason.
There are probably other reasons that a person may choose not to answer a question as well.
We are here to have intelligent dialogue. That includes questions and differences of ideas, opinions, and perspectives. Questions will be asked and answered as well. But shouldn't every word and every letter that a person chooses to post be a matter of absolute choice and not a matter of outside bullying, obligation, and/or psychological intimidation?

Yet again, of course.

Is it one of the rules here that if someone asks you a question, you have to answer and have to answer imidiately or within a short or specified time frame?

No.

Is this one of the rules, written or implied, of this Forum?  

No. Not sure why you're asking essentially the same question so many times.
  

Because it needs to be clearly clarified.

The Forum's policies and expected conduct need to be stated clearly, and perhaps repeatedly, to ensure complete clarity.

DavidFord said
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"Too numerous to mention"
Does anybody reading this care to tell me the URLs to 3 posts containing "intelligent questions posed to” me to which I have not yet responded?
  

Helen Young said
Are we under any obligation to answer any questions or respond to any posts directed towards us?
We are here to have conversations and dialogue. Doesn't that imply that every word and every exchange in these dialogues should be consensual, a matter of choice, and not obligatory?
Someone can ask another person a very nice question. Very nicely put and very respectfully worded. Still, is the person being asked the question under any obligation or outside compulsion to answer? 
A person can just not feel like it. They can want to think about it. They can be too tired. They can be choosing to spend their time elsewhere, whether on the Forum or somewhere else. They can be confused by the question. They may not like the way the question was worded. They can feel bombarded by questions if there are a number of them. They may want some space from the questioner because of the way they have been treated by them in the past. They may have missed a question. They may feel that the questioner is playing out some kind of one-upmanship, saying "look at me, I'm smarter than you" or for any other reason.
There are probably other reasons that a person may choose not to answer a question as well.
We are here to have intelligent dialogue. That includes questions and differences of ideas, opinions, and perspectives. Questions will be asked and answered as well. But shouldn't every word and every letter that a person chooses to post be a matter of absolute choice and not a matter of outside bullying, obligation, and/or psychological intimidation?
Is it one of the rules here that if someone asks you a question, you have to answer and have to answer imidiately or within a short or specified time frame?
Is this one of the rules, written or implied, of this Forum?
  

I would think the only obligation any one of us do have is the courtesy of disciplining our responses and inquiries enough to place them in the appropriate threads and not just post them to whatever thread happens to be at the top of your list of Unread and Recently Updated Topics.

Helen Young said
Are we under any obligation to answer any questions or respond to any posts directed towards us?

Of course not.

We are here to have conversations and dialogue. Doesn't that imply that every word and every exchange in these dialogues should be consensual, a matter of choice, and not obligatory?

Of course.

Someone can ask another person a very nice question. Very nicely put and very respectfully worded. Still, is the person being asked the question under any obligation or outside compulsion to answer?

Yet again, of course not.

A person can just not feel like it. They can want to think about it. They can be too tired. They can be choosing to spend their time elsewhere, whether on the Forum or somewhere else. They can be confused by the question. They may not like the way the question was worded. They can feel bombarded by questions if there are a number of them. They may want some space from the questioner because of the way they have been treated by them in the past. They may have missed a question. They may feel that the questioner is playing out some kind of one-upmanship, saying "look at me, I'm smarter than you" or for any other reason.
There are probably other reasons that a person may choose not to answer a question as well.
We are here to have intelligent dialogue. That includes questions and differences of ideas, opinions, and perspectives. Questions will be asked and answered as well. But shouldn't every word and every letter that a person chooses to post be a matter of absolute choice and not a matter of outside bullying, obligation, and/or psychological intimidation?

Yet again, of course.

Is it one of the rules here that if someone asks you a question, you have to answer and have to answer imidiately or within a short or specified time frame?

No.

Is this one of the rules, written or implied, of this Forum?  

No. Not sure why you're asking essentially the same question so many times.

Not knowing the history, it seems you may be totally missing why people are complaining about David's posting behavior.

We are here to have conversations and dialogue. Doesn't that imply that every word and every exchange in these dialogues should be consensual, a matter of choice, and not obligatory?

Someone can ask another person a very nice question. Very nicely put and very respectfully worded. Still, is the person being asked the question under any obligation or outside compulsion to answer? 

A person can just not feel like it. They can want to think about it. They can be too tired. They can be choosing to spend their time elsewhere, whether on the Forum or somewhere else. They can be confused by the question. They may not like the way the question was worded. They can feel bombarded by questions if there are a number of them. They may want some space from the questioner because of the way they have been treated by them in the past. They may have missed a question. They may feel that the questioner is playing out some kind of one-upmanship, saying "look at me, I'm smarter than you" or for any other reason.

There are probably other reasons that a person may choose not to answer a question as well.

We are here to have intelligent dialogue. That includes questions and differences of ideas, opinions, and perspectives. Questions will be asked and answered as well. But shouldn't every word and every letter that a person chooses to post be a matter of absolute choice and not a matter of outside bullying, obligation, and/or psychological intimidation?

Is it one of the rules here that if someone asks you a question, you have to answer and have to answer imidiately or within a short or specified time frame?

Is this one of the rules, written or implied, of this Forum?

Does anybody reading this care to tell me the URLs to 3 posts containing "intelligent questions posed to” me to which I have not yet responded?