"I'm not sure this article is really saying too much at all" I believe to be accurate, and I'm the author. I wasn't so much as making a statement or a point as addressing the questions in the best best way I knew how.

If "The Dude" wrote a response to Ian0's original question, I would think it would have a similar sentiment to mine, though far more concise: "Yeah man...but, you know - no man."