> People pointing out problems are not obligated to provide solutions.
And nobody said they were obligated to. So I don't know what you think you're responding to.
I assume it's OK to ask people what they think a solution should be, though?
Seems like a pretty natural, conversational follow-up, if you ask me.
Presumably if you know a situation well enough to criticize, you have at least some ideas of what alternatives might or might not be better. Or can elucidate why you think there might not be any better ones.
Or do you think the entire act of asking questions is "just wrong", to use your phrase?
It is an extremely common tactic used to shut down conversations about problems. If that wasn't what you were doing, I apologize to you for being wrong this time, but I don't apologize for making the mistake in the first place, because it's fairly well-founded based on extensive experience.
And nobody said they were obligated to. So I don't know what you think you're responding to.
I assume it's OK to ask people what they think a solution should be, though?
Seems like a pretty natural, conversational follow-up, if you ask me.
Presumably if you know a situation well enough to criticize, you have at least some ideas of what alternatives might or might not be better. Or can elucidate why you think there might not be any better ones.
Or do you think the entire act of asking questions is "just wrong", to use your phrase?