[link|http://computers.sympatico.ca/news/stories/0,1856,7,00/0,1572,48443-7,00.html|Nothing like historical perspective].

Just to clear things up, I didn't mean to put words in your mouth. I was arguing a point against its opposite. To that end, I address a hypothetical opponent as a rhetorical device. One does not always use the second person literally, ex: "You lie down with dogs, you wake up with fleas" is not a comment on the hygeine of the person being spoken to.