A: Are you saying radium *doesn't* glow? Just look at this watch! B: No, I understand that it glows, I get that the glowing is nice. What I'm saying is that it *also* has harms that we should understand before… A: Look at it! What a beautiful tranquil blue-green radiance. And no batteries! How can you say it's useless? B: Yes. Very pretty. I'm not saying it doesn't *do* anything, I'm saying that maybe it's doing *multiple* things, and some of them are… B: Well *I* think it looks nice.