The same can be asked of the so-called "victim": why ask for something you do not want or cannot really accept?
The key is emotional intelligence, Winterfox - and has nothing to do with cold intellectualism or a high IQ: to understand a message as it was sent and take the same level as an answer.
This can only get petty and pettier, as many posts have already proven. The level of mud-slinging, though attempts have been made to veil it, is about as subtle and sophisticated as a barbarian invasion anyway.
Correct, I gather you are an expert in detecting this.
Kiya