What's a 98er and why are you pinging me?
Let me begin by saying I probably have to eat crow on this one, as you are out of the norm.
A 98er is someone who signed up at FR in 1998, as you did. There is a history of those folks, with some exceptions, posting provocative one liners, and then running away.
No one has an obligation to back up anything they post, but I was just warning the other two that they probably weren't going to get the satisfaction of grilling you about your post.