It was sarcasm. I just thought you over reacted quite a bit in making fun of him, complaining about him writing a short post, and accusing him of being a troll. I can agree with you that it was a pointless post (I think we all make them sometimes), and in all honestly, I have no idea what exactly he was calling "dumb" due to the vagueness of his post. A quotation of exactly what he felt was dumb could have made it a far more substantial post. I wasn't really trying to make anything of it, I shouldn't have even mentioned it in my own reply.
Proving your point from the second paragraph of post 41, I intended to end my post right after the line you quoted, then feeling compelled to continue writing on the subject, went on to write my own dissertation on the issue.
I really should have deleted my line about being "Not really the least bit interested in debating this..." since I obviously demonstrated the opposite by the section of my post that followed. It could easily be mistaken as a disclaimer saying, "Hey, Johnboy, here is my opinion on the subject, but don't bother responding to it because I don't care to hear what you have to say." which was not what I was trying to communicate.
I am still not impressed by your reply to Xhonzi, but I am equally, if not more, unimpressed by my own reaction to it. My apologies.