Thank you steelish for addressing Duncans comment.
The reason I thank most every post in this section is ... I just want to have an astronomical "thanks" count for my statistics (see I'm trying to cultivate a "sense of gratitude" in my life.)
Actually I do this for several reasons, as steelish suggested above, one of them is to thank posters for participating in threads and contributing different views without resorting to attacks.
Another reason I'll admit to is that it helps me to keep track of which posts I have read in a particular thread previously.
And as shown by Duncans post, to keep you all guessing as to what viewpoint I may have on a particular issue, I wouldn't want any accusations of unfair moderation based upon perception of my beliefs around the issues discussed.
Respectfully,
TS