Oh I got you. I can read and it wasn't very subtle. I chose to acknowledge what I wanted to acknowledge and ignore your facetious, condescending and sarcastic points. Why do you think I made the point that we've clearly hit an impasse in the debate?

Generally speaking, I found that playing it straight (even if the other person is not serious) tends to keep the conversation civil and more often it is more interesting for me to debate the issue - even if you are just a sounding board.