Yes, if I call out to my friend Bob to initiate a conversation then I am at that moment attempting to obtain attention from him. There is no underlying meaning in the word attention, the definition should be plain enough for anyone to decipher.
Secondly, only addressed the thread creators motives not yours. You cannot speak on his intentions, and I was never invested I yours in the first place. Snape's post may have been directed at the general posters but by definition his post was directed at the thread itself, the OP. In other words my comment in response to Snape and my general comment have no correlation. My response to Snape's question was not directed at the thread posters.
I do understand that my comments were not necessary. However to ease my own mind I was willing to sacrifice the feelings of security or general emotions of anyone on this thread. You felt insulted perhaps, and I do not care, however the reason you feel insulted does not align with the ideas I expressed.