Lauren, there is a big difference between being upset, which I am most certainly not, and being clear. I am simply being clear. I think that if you are going to piggyback general comments and observations on other's articles you'd be better off making that clear that they are not comments on the article you're using to make your observations. That is NOT clear. Again you are ascribing things to me which are inaccurate and of your own making and devices. Clarity, and setting boundaries, has little to do with "offense" or being "upset." I neither took offense nor did I get upset. I set a boundary. I would very much appreciate it if you would further respect boundaries by neither assigning feelings to another person which are not there nor by assuming upset where there is simply a clear line of demarcation. I write two to three articles every single day, and you are likely to encounter them unless you mute me, which is your perfect right. I ask a professional courtesy. When you write in the comments you are speaking directly to the author. It is about respect. Not offense. And to assume that somehow my day has been ruined by your comment, please, Lauren, you don't possess that kind of power in my world. I don't give it to you any more than I hand that kind of power over to anyone else. That's quite the assumption of self-importance. And with that, Lauren, you're being muted because we clearly do not have any kind of agreement on what online manners look like.