As for (2), it's just me being over-analytic in what I said. There are things that someone might say that could imply something that isn't true... Kinda like the #no-homo tag we add to something that could be taken the wrong way... Hope it's now clearer.
Understood, I tend to get a little grumpy at the "but" thing.
And since I mentioned "but", #nohomo :-)