Sal, you cracked your jokes and I cracked mine. You have been testy with your replies to me, and I've been the same for some time now. Whatever our fundamental disagreement is, it was bound to come to a head.
I'll argue with anyone on the internet. It's a joke of a form of communication, and I treat it as such. For all the value in a message board, it also provides tons of fun. Nothing more.
If we were going to do the insult thing, I was going to do it at a level that gave me the most value on my time. It's no fun if everyone's polite, and you opened that door first. A winking smiley doesn't mask your comments, bro.
Hey man, I argue with EVERYONE. It's what I do. If you'd like to continue over a beer at the jam or whatever, I'm sure we'd manage to find respect for each other.
As it stands, we wouldn't like each other. But, as is the case with everything else, we don't know each other for anything besides internet posts. Again with the vague quantifiers on my part, but I did say we "probably" wouldn't get along.