Why? Why? Why?

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Again, I'm not trying to dissuade you . It just seems that the board has become inundated with questions that were never meant to be answered within this density so my confusion as to why they have become so popular eludes me. 

this is a difficult one, because sometimes there is a question behind the question.  

do you honor someone by answering the question that they asked, or by rather answering the emotion/distress behind the question?

I am guessing the answer is one of those love/wisdom balances that everyone has to come to assess for themselves :d

by answering a question directly, you give someone the fullfillment to their surface desire, and thus they can experience that it was not what they really wanted - because the deeper need is going unfulfilled, ie the emotion driving the question.

By addressing their emotion, you are being more of direct aid.