Okay, but actually now I really think I should apologize, because I don't think I understood your intent until just now. ^^; For what it's worth, I'm sorry...
It's one thing to have an opinion that conflicts with someone else's; it's another thing to tell them that their own opinion is not allowed or is inappropriate simply by virtue of existing. There were people who disagreed with me before this started escalating, but it was fine because it was just that: they disagreed. They didn't start telling me I didn't have any right to speak my mind.
Honestly, that's been in the back of my mind this whole time...
I don't mean to offend, but...okay, so what?? That's a perfectly valid reaction to have, and if enough people had had it then this topic would have had five replies and then died like so many others before it. I don't have to 'ensure' that a topic will be engaging before I start it; natural selection will do that for me. This is kind of a non-problem...
...And on the other hand, sometimes a well-defined opinion is all it takes to start a good discussion. I've started many threads like that myself; I can show you a list. ^^;
(Besides, the irony of you delivering a critique on a lack of 'forum engagement' in a topic where you are the 79th reply is not lost on me)
OH LORD see I actually thought about this...and considering how my poll topics tend to be even more provocatively-worded than normal, I would probably have been burned at the stake by now if I'd done that. XD Dodged a bullet there...