You decided to inject ooc into that thread for no good reason. It was your choice to decide if you were going to receive the message and respond in that thread in a manner which informs us all that you're responding only to them, PM Death or simply carry on in any fashion other than going //lawlz we can't hear you.
This is a good point. I think there are many things said publicly that could be said via PM. Many issues that can be handled in private take on an entirely new dimension when they are stated publicly. Sometimes it can seem that the intent was less to inform a person and more to call them out in a public manner.