An elegant defense, you should have saved it for the post instead of now when you've been called out on it. Your contribution to the thread was not a comment, or even an "I'm tired of arguing with you jerks about this" It was hit and run ridicule designed to piss people off. Well it did, it pissed me off and it wasn't even directed at me.

Yeah, some times I exit an exchange, like when my opponent is winning, sometimes when I feel its pointless to go around in circles any more, sometimes when I'm just tired or I find myself embarassed to be caught actually responding to a jerk. I'm going to exit this exchange soon because its after midnight and I'm working tomorrow. But I don't step in and drop a bomb and then bail out to watch the fun.

I realize that you had no way of knowing for sure your post would initiate a dog fight, but the strategic "quotes", the droll use of italics, the kool aid drinking bobble head doll, all dripping with self-righteous sarcasm, all were calculated to show your contempt for the whole proceedings. Well, I believe you.

The global warming discusion was not a political post until after you showed up.