@: I feel like I can't improve upon this interaction while not understanding from the people involved (the person I said it to and  who did the block 18 hours after the conversation was over).  If as  said, that blocks are meant to be preventative not punitive, then I think its fair for me to ask questions about it - to see where the situation went wrong. When I posted that message, and I still haven't heard from the block admin that its content was the issue, I thought I was making an attempt to improve upon the interaction with this editor by trying to speak with him on a sincere and personal (human to human) level and made the comment on his user page in order to make contact with the person, rather than having us both resort to the standard drawn-out wiki-procedures. So far, at least on-wiki, that editor has had no reaction to what I said, while people visiting my page here after the block have had incredibly intense reactions. I just have to ask if its fair that I be punished so intensely for their reactions to what I said, especially when there is a power disparity with them able to block based on their reactions, and me only able to appeal on this page.