Ben, I have to disagree with you here. Mike took issue with a single statement made by prophex. He didn't generalise, he concentrated on a single statement and that single statement made the claim that the writer knows better than Mike what Mike actually thinks or feels. I find that is arrogant, since prophex has absolutely no reason to think he knows better than Mike what Mike thinks or feels except that he knows best.
Now, prophex may not have meant it that way, but that is exactly what he wrote. We can second-guess him, but until he actually explains what he meant, we can only go on what he said and that is where "actually said" comes in. You're getting into the realms of "actually meant". I understand what you're trying to say, I just don't think it holds water in this case.
™ Version 4.2