But in cases where there is obvious and verifiable failures of communication a little redundancy is a good thing.

Sorry for not seeing this intention. Thanks for your efforts.

because this particular comment is a straw man

Do you mean to say that I intentionally attacked someone with a (either an intentional or unintentional) misinterpretation of their words? Since my intention with the comment referenced just prior to your statement here was an attempt to clarify and in no way an attack, I'm am not sure what comment you're referring to.