I still don't get it what's the big deal about making the text readable? Please, explain, how exactly does it any harm to anyone? Maybe, when I do understand your reasons, I'll undestand. Right now, this anger doesn't look good. On you.
And thanks for using only encoding, not encryption. But still, I don't believe that even this kind of obfuscation has any logical reasoning behind it. Just try to convince me otherwise and let's see where it goes.
Besides, Palmer already gave us a green light pretty much. Not on gloating, obviously, but I believe that a calm healthy discussion about it is OK in he's book.