I haven't read it until just now. My initial thought is that you've given this enough thought that you might be right, and I have to think about it some more. This thinking is probably going to end up coinciding with thinking if I want to stop reading and posting here (which I might do even if you are correct overall -- it's possible that the presence of people with my mindset, if there's not too many of us, is insignificant enough that it falls neatly into your cost-benefit analysis).

Anyway, thank you for pointing me to your post, I appreciate it and the fact that you obviously did pay attention to my criticism even if it was not always generously worded.