sorry I didn't read your long post and when I said "I've seen lots of people chewed out" I'm making that as a general statement, which is true. I never saw your original post, just an fyi.
also, sometimes people (me in this case) will read the first post and respond to just that, not reading the whole entire thread. just a heads up that not everyone reads/responds/thinks the same way. I skipped your long post as it was too overwhelming for me to read. after all, I've got hundreds of posts to catch up on...