"I can respond to any point in any post I like, I think. That's the interweb for ya."

Yes,and I see ya feel free to do so. Anyone can also loudly fart in public, not take showers, smell and look like a skunk, and call folks rude names, if they want. Imature kids rudely interupt folks in discussions clearly directed at others, and, most often get away with it. That's life and what most of us we must deal with, I guess.