I'm glad my comments gave some pause for consideration regardless of which way your views take shape.
As a matter of personal background, when I was younger, I leaned quite heavily toward the position many hard determinists hold now. While I don't think my views were wrong, I've come to think there are other facets to the issue I hadn't been considering before. Truth be told, I don't know exactly where I stand either apart from being some form of compatibilist, but it's at least been interesting to think about.