Well, based on what you’ve written, your heat of the moment was hot! I’m reaching too far to make hot/hot happen, I can tell, but — the point is, I was impressed with your counterargument, and what I perceive as a reader to be your compassion and openness in an awkward situation. The exchange and its resolution (with an actual changing of a mind! so rare!) is something I smiled about all weekend. My long comments aren’t meant like “you’re wrong.” More like “I’m extra impressed by your persuasiveness in the face of American weird stuff.”