Hmm. Well if those posts are anything to go by it seems I've misjudged
you ... serves me right for butting-in I guess!

So basically what you're saying is that at the very least Dutch is
confused, at worst he's deliberately adopting stances to suit his
audience. Well can't say I disapprove terribly - I'm a bugger for
changing my mind too - but I can see why you'd get fed-up conversing
with someone like that if you were after a long-running and detailed
set of arguments about animal-rights et al.