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No. This is still a blog, not a vocation. If I fail to respond to your blog comment, that means that I didn't happen to read that comment. It does not tell you anything about whether or not you were right. So it is not a valid argument, much less a trump card in all future discussions.
This isn't a rule about being required to reply. It's a rule about not offering new arguments until old arguments have been accepted or refuted.
I only meant the rule to apply to interactions-- A offers argument A1, B (who's discussing the matter with A) must address A! before moving on to B1. C (who hasn't said anything so far) is under no obligation.
If B didn't see A1 or doesn't remember it, then B should be politely reminded of it. If B then persists in offering B1, then the rule gets invoked.