I think had you really been trolling you would have been a lot more emotional and demeaning. These discussions about all the What If's allows us to spit ball, refine, relate to comprehending a small percentage possibility.

Chances of being mugged or in a shoot out are very rare, yet we must go past the title of a subject in order to see gather information on the how, why, etc.

I live in a desert, so the chance of a blizzard or earthquake are rare but I still read those threads and become a part of the discussion in order to prepare myself for somehow being in them.