*pats you on the back* You are so not a troll; you're just trying to enlighten those poor misguided souls a bit. But some people don't want to be enlightened, they want to be right, dammit. :)

Now, I'd fully expect character bashing in a rants comm. But then, by my definition, rant means anything goes. And furthermore, I'd think any ranter should expect to have to defend their rants. But ranty people, in my experience, aren't very good at actually, you know, conceding, even in the face of clear, logical arguments. :)