I think the courtesy lamp has always been lit - and a small acknowledgement like = [/s] is preferable.
So .. you were being rude by assuming everybody in the world already knew what you were thinking and of course it was sarcasm .. get real!!
Take a little pill tough guy.
Michael Smith is on every sports talk show in the US. Its rather obvious that he is not sending classified British documents to John Kerry.
If you can't figure that out maybe its your own fault.