Vagueness and Curiosity

This vague philosophical good-bye from Anthony McCarthy got me thinking about the way people leave blogging and say their farewells.

I can't tell from this post if McCarthy got booted from this blog, if he needs to focus his attention on real life issues of health or family, or if he's just going to make some money. Certainly, all those are possibilities at Echidne's site, where disagreement will get you banned.

I've never known whether this sort of post is just a nice way of saying "I'm bored" or "Hasta la vista, baby!" Why don't people say what they mean?