I've come to a new conclusion about myself, this board and communication in general: I don't need to respond, elaborate, explain or otherwise defend myself to other people. Most notably on this board, of course. Here's my reasoning:
1) When an obviously ill-informed or biased poster -- such as a JW apologist, creationist, dogmatic religionist or nutty Republican -- directs their hogwash to me, it is extraordinarily unlikely that my response will change their opinion.
2) It is unlikely that third-party observers really care one way or the other whether I respond, especially if it's the same old shit we see bounced around on this forum on a daily basis -- arguing over the silliest things like whether the flood actually happened, etc.
3) It seems to me that responding/explaining/cajoling to a forum opponent is more a matter of making ourselves (illogically) feel good over the fact that we have some common sense and the other party is a screwball. I just don't feel the need to "prove" that I'm right anymore.
4) Typing up responses takes a lot of time! Why should I waste even fifteen minutes of my precious life trying to convince someone I've never met, and likely never will, of their folly?
Therefore...
5) I choose only to respond to more interesting, philosophically stimulating or novel topics. Or anything having to do with tits.
Bradley