"Forgive me for having to take a circuitous route to make my point aided fully by your excellent disambiguation."
LOL! That statement is akin to a cabbie in Mexico who takes his rich American fare from the airport on a circuitous route that ends somewhere out in the middle of nowhere instead of where he was supposed to take him, and then robs his client of all of his possessions and leaves him there, and then apologizes for it when he gets caught.
Your proper response post should have been "Thanks for correcting my confusion and for educating me in my ignorance."
You're welcome.