You have done it more than once. You make an inflammatory statement hoping to get a lot a threads agreeing with you. Then, it backfires in your face and you feel cornered. Your next instinct is to say you were only being sarcastic. Come on, I give you credit on your ability to write above average (punctuation, grammar, new paragraphs, etc.), but trust me, there are people out here who are just as witty as you and know sarcasm when they see it.