MODERATOR NOTICE
For the record, when we tell people to drop the discussion, we mean drop the topic and move on. Side comments perpetuate the problem, sometimes trying to get a last word in, other times creating a spectacle out of moderation decisions, which leads to us having to get heavy-handed to clean the mess up. Things like locking the thread for moderator review.
Speaking of which, this thread is now locked for moderator review.