In a way, VCT has become like oral argument day at the US Supreme Court.
When someone makes a post here he's not even doing it to get a response from whomever the post is directed at, but rather to get the OTHERS to see his point of view, and see why the person against or about whom the post is made, is wrong.
That's the way it works at the US Supreme Court. When one of the judges asks a question, he is less interested in the answer for himself, but for the justice down the row he is hoping to sway to his side.