Ah, I see what you mean now..."You ain't no lurker", is a fine compliment, coming from you..I guess, what I should have said, is that I lurk much of the time, and post once in a while...
But I still think my original point is reasonable, that there may be many, many true lurkers, who nonetheless, read all the posts on these threads...given the nature of how often these threads can turn really 'ugly', I can understand, why people may be hesitant to post, but just prefer to remain lurking...and learning...
My problem is with PH's estimation that there are a "lot" of lurkers that we never know about. If we never know about them, how does he know there's a "lot"?
I don't think FR is a gathering place for lurkers - maybe I'm wrong. I do think that the best we can do is show than conservatives can be thoughtful and rational and supporters of science. Against this is the public perception generated by the Left and the MSN that conservatives are a great fog of purposely scientific ignorants.
I sometimes think I understand Pyrrhus.