Your supposition, balladeer, is correct insofar as concerns myself and Spaw. Yes, we enjoy the ripostes the kidding around. Froth is a somewhat different case, and is dead serious, I can assure you.

I try to maintain a sense of humor even in political discussions, and I try to remember not to hate people just because they disagree with me on some political question. It doesn't help matters any when one does that.

I tend to agree with much of what Froth is saying, but I can't say for sure how much of it is correct. I think some of it is.