It seems to me that "logical etiquette" requires us to respond to the very strongest arguments made by our opponents as well as to read arguments reasonably. Without going back to this discussion, it's hard to tell who is being rude.

For example, suppose I make the following argument:

"American law schools always charge ridiculously high tuition because they can get away with it. The availability of generous student loans creates artificial demand and gives law schools the ability to charge exorbitant tuition. We need to reform the student loan program to fix this problem."

If somebody responds by simply saying "well, I know a law school in Nebraska which charges $500 per year so your premise is wrong," they are being rude. Because obviously when I said "always," I really meant "generally speaking." Further, the person is not really responding to the substance of my argument.

I have no idea if this is what happened with Eliezer and Thomas. I'm just saying.