Huh? Given the upvotes on Tyrrell's comment, it seems that most people (at least among the LW population paying attention to this thread) think the right thing to do is for you to provide a concrete example of what I did wrong, which you hadn't done until now. It seems clear to me that people were punishing you for not doing the right thing.

You miss the point. Comments that don't exist physically can not be downvoted or sniped. Moreover they do not draw attention to the issue at all so in my judgement (and experience!) will likely result in less antipathy that will be taken out elsewhere. Whereas, as previously described, any (realistic) comment that was made would be penalised out of social obligation to yourself by the couple of (net) people who had already picked that side. If I was executing the strategy that I advocate I would have made no reply at all. I of course did not, I went in to an extended analysis of the abstract subject - but hey, I don't consider myself obliged to do what I consider the correct thing to do all the time.

I hope you don't mind that I ignored most of your comment. I did so because it was quite long and I'm afraid that readers are probably getting bored with this discussion. If you do mind, or have any specific parts you want me to address, or would like to continue in private, please let me know.

I was neutral with respect to getting any reply at all.