No double negative here.
Why not? His sentence was "There are plenty of words in the English language that have multiple meanings and it doesn't prevent me or others from confusing the intent." How can "doesn't prevent", coupled with "confusing", not be considered at least a double negative?
Obviously true (the part about the double meaning) but this needn't get personal.
The debate will go on forever if I don't make him realise in no uncertain terms that he's completely missing the point. Anyway, suggesting someone might have Asperger syndrome isn't necessarily an insult. There are plenty of highly intelligent people working at NASA who have that condition.
Perhaps getting people to consult the wiki rather than 'fly-blind' isn't so bad? Ensures we are all on the same page.
They won't do it, mate. People are in a hurry to get sh!t done. They want the AUR's interface to be easy to understand. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't force it to drink. No matter how much you direct some people to the Wiki, they will inevitably choose to "fly blind" anyway.