I agree that going around it circles is not productive, and I think we've said enough for now. However, I want to point out that the highlighted passage above is one of the worst reasons not to have a thoughtful discussion about a subject: "someone might misrepresent us, so let's not talk things out so we improve our ideas".
Written by Rex Kerr
One who rejoices when everything is made as simple as possible, but no simpler. Sayer of things that may be wrong, but not so bad that they're not even wrong.