I'm new to this forum, so I've never seen these threads..They're new to me....If you don't want them brought up, maybe the mods could take them down?
Regardless of a status of the OP, I've just come back from asking 2 admins and the Owner of the site who all confirmed to me that it's perfectly acceptable to respond to a constructive discussion with a productive reply. I enjoy your contributions, keep them up!