No anger involved as far as I'm concerned, Kevin. It does indeed allow one to hone one's skills. But one should not get so caught up in the game that one spends all one's efforts and persuasive power on something that probably won't produce much in the way of palpable results in the 3D political arena.

I appreciated Amos's efforts (and those of others who participate) with the "Popular View of the Bush Administration" thread, because it alerts me to articles that I may very well miss otherwise. Lot's of good talking points. But if they are argued endlessly here and nowhere else, it all becomes a bit futile.   

Don Firth