I feel like I am beating my head off my desk with you. As I have previously stated, “Just follow the logical flow of the discussion and don’t make constant attacks about individuals in the thread of an article that they have not written.” I don’t think that is too much to ask. And as I also previously stated, “My belief is that you are certainly following the rules if you are trying to make some point that directly relates to the topic under which you are commenting.” Therefore, as long as you are following the general flow of discussion, you are fine. Also, my last comment is not off-topic, as it references the original post.

Let’s do this… If you get off-topic, I’ll let you know…

Perhaps, but this is her post, and so presumabley any topic changes coming from her cannot be off topic, by definition. The author sets the topic. We just get to comment on it.