Why is the snake oil topic closed?

Because a few 'Goners were plain rude! Started with "foggythink" and went downhill from there...
this thread will be closed also if folks  continue with that same attitude, OP sets an example of such

I think it would help if the topic called "snake oil" won't be taken so  seriously! ;-) ...Seriously!!!
It is just snake oil, so by definition it should be fun talk, not name-calling and endless accusations.
Art Dudley (of Listener, now one of the seniors at Stereophile) said once that he would have to stick a few feathers up his, ahem, hat, while showing the Mping dots to his beighbors. If Shakti Stone sitting on top of my Nap250 makes me smile and prevents the pile of jewel cases from scratching my beloved amp, why would I substitute it for the ugly Yellow Pages? Shakti looks nice, and according to my wife "kills Naim sound"... so there is some effect according to non-blind test! :-)
I do not see myself accusing Ferrari driver stuck next to me in LA traffic of stupidity, Ferrari makes him happy. $1000 a pop Shunyata power cords make me happy,... an unpleasant and far more costly visit to Newman Markus or Theodore makes my Boss happy. I do not see myself (well, do not dare!) calling her Stupid! Black Holes, Quantum Mechanics, interferometers and whatnot will show nothing special about $$$ dress, so what?
Those "ashamed of themselves" by being here, move onto McIntosh, or Linn, Krell, Harman/Kardon forums. 
All the gizmos are sold with some return policy, I do not see many posts here saying that folks tried Nordost Valhalla and then ran back to Audio Advisor or RadioShack-on-line. Why is that?
reminds me of "scientific" discussion with Olympus sales rep about my stupidity of using Zeiss and Leica microscopes in my research. It turned as ugly as some posts on Snake Oil. Is there an agenda on both sides??? Preaching McDonalds (dont get me wrong, totally respectful establishment) to Audiogon crowd? Why??? 

BTW (returning to the beginning of this lengthy rambling), what are you talking about, what is the definition of SnakeOil  as opposed to Tweaks? Sounds the same to me as "all TT/amps/CD players sound the same" from prev generation of 'Goners ;-)

Patronizing A-Goners (anybody else out here?) by being "gullible" is what makes this thread so unpleasant. So I will ask again, what is the agenda on "my" side of all this? Should we all repent and buy Bose Wave Radio? 

We have no idea how sexual minorities or sex-disoriented kids happen, we do not even know all the species of animals we are exterminating on this Planet. But, Hey, we landed on the Moon and we detect black holes colliding out There, we know EVERYTHING!!!
All amps sound the same, I know......
first thing tomorrow morning I will list all my CDs and LPs on Discogs and start hi-rez download spree, is this a "certified" move?
Naim Audio claims that each one of their CD drives gets $whatever worth of special paint. Looks and feels real special to me. Is this a Snake Oil??
who to believe? Big buck companies like Bose? Anonymous WWW posts? My own ears? Suffer thru double-blind / ABX tests each time I am buying new iPhone? What a poor boy should do? (Genesis, Lamb Lies Down...)
Come on, Cheer Up!!! :-)
if folks spend $10k on Nordost, do Not talk to me about "hard-earned money"... should they spend $$$ on yet another Lamborghini instead? Or get another mistress?
Point a dimwit like myself where and how to waste my extra cash!

"Rub Snake oil onto my..." Which Oil? 
I have not upgraded my stereo in 7+ years, so the problems I am dealing with now are not related to Audio in any way whatsoever. 
But this thread, as its predecessor, is turning UGLY, and your comment proves (to me) the point. I am out of here, shall spend the rest of the evening with Stereo2Go folks, among civilized audiophiles. Good Bye!