I wanted to draw out the people who needed to prove something;
   and I patiently answ...ered each and every one them, debated
   with them - and, well, continued until each of them either found
   some minor way to agree (because continuing to stick to simple
   points when someone (me) says "Yes you're right. But consider
   this:" is tiresome to those with a shallow set of common
   arguments) or they just stopped (same... "