Swords ! Clubs ! Guns ! Knives !

C'mon guys, drop the war of words and REALLY go at it ! Lets see some
'Gladiator' type action !

The term you're using completely obfuscates the real result: no current
flow, no breaker trip, device simply doesn't do anything.

Glib nonsense. It changes the diagnostic possibilities, and must be ruled
out. A backfeed somewhere would cause the behavior described.