 No one would dispute that contradictory utterances are sometimes best construed parametrically. (Again, dialetheists do not claim that all contradictory statements are true.) The question is whether parameterisation is the best approach in the case of the philosophers we have mentioned; answering this in a dialetheic context is a matter for detailed case-by-case consideration. A defender of the dialetheic interpretation would say that consistent parameterisation produces an inaccurate and distorted version of the views of the philosopher in question. In any case, even if parameterisation is always possible, this does not impact arguments for or against the LNC. An a priori claim that contradictions can always be avoided by parameterisation does not show, without begging the question, the correctness of such interpretations: sometimes parameterisation may be the best thing to do, but independent justification should be given on each occasion.