I didn’t even read your reply. I wouldn’t discuss the weather with you on a thread that has long since died. That amounts to a private exchange, which frankly I find creepy. If I wanted an IM session with you...well, suffice it to say I never would. Nor would I PM you for large sums of $. I pinged you originally to an active thread and anticipated a discussion THEN, not long after the thread turned into a ghost town. You’ve used this MO before, repeatedly. You get nasty and dishonest in a one-on-one, which is evidently why you prefer that type of exchange. Or, if you say, ‘I was too busy to respond sooner’; fine; you are too busy to discus the subject with me. Find someone else with whom to discuss it.
Here’s what you can do. Save your reply to me, and keep it handy. The next time there’s an ***active*** discussion of the NBC issue, I will plan to ping you. You can cut and paste your reply in then. If you do it while the thread is still lively, I promise to read every word. That is as fair as I can make it, and my last word on the subject. Take it or leave, whichever you prefer.
I've gotta give you credit for an apt screenname, though.