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Feel free to not comment next time you don't feel like saying anything.

Actually I did comment; my comment was that I disagree with this article. I'm sorry that you didn't pick up on that. In the future you should take your own advice and only comment if you have some actual value to add to the conversation e.g.: I agree because... or I disagree because. I was unable to comment at the time because I was working on my startup. My comment conveyed my opinion of the article and yours has done nothing more than show you are petty person that makes irrelevant comments that are not even relevant to the topic at hand. Since you are obviously dense I will explain: The topic at hand is the article but you did nothing more than comment on me so next time try and focus on the article at hand.

I don't see how my comment on the lack of substance to yours was any more "petty" than your flippant dismissal of Amy's article. If you disagree with the article, a good response would either be to explain how it was wrong and offer an alternative view or to ignore it. But just saying "I disagree" is about as relevant to the OP as saying "I like pizza." Neither is a commentary on the article — they're both statements of your personal feelings.

Anyway, that's the last I'll say about this. I just wanted to make it clear that I didn't mean to personally attack you — and I'm sorry if it sounded that way — just your comment's lack of content.

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