Thanks for your responses but I think I sunk this thread when I started it. I haven't made any clear point and it would have been better to write a more concise question and explanation. I think the lesson to learn here is when you have an idea and think, "I've got to write this down before I forget!", don't write it where innocent bystanders will see it. Rereading that post makes me think that being tired is worse than being drunk when posting online.
The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. ~ George Bernard Shaw