aj-s,
"Why does placing speaker cables in a pot of boiling water sound like lunacy to me but NOT to you?"
Well, I see you are new around here. Stay for some time, follow cable threads, mix with fuse threads, and you will start believing in your own theories, too. You will surely get a following. Become like, you know, Cablevangelist.
"How naive and gullible can one be?"
Apparently a lot. Still, regardless of how naive you may or may not be, do not tell people they are idiots. It is not a good idea.