Sigh (and that wasn't directed at the last poster)
Was it directed at me? Because I obviously wasn't responding to your very long post but just in general to the thread's premise. 
No 
It was directed generally at the fact that no one ever seems to respond to my posts (and a response to this one took 18 days!) despite the fact I think I'm courteous in responding to other peoples. This board seems to be increasingly no more than a liberal Christian echo chamber (look at anvi's topic) so if questions posed, or responses given don't fit within that domain they tend not to go anywhere, which is a great shame.
Ah, I don't have time to follow discussion enough to notice this pattern.
My only excuse was that your post was long and I didn't have time.
