>I hope proper _bona_fides_ have been established. I don't
>think any of it matters in discussing the situation, but a
>fashion for adhominization seems to be full swing and I
>thought I'd better check in.
How about this: you were deeply affected, and you feel guilty about that because it interferes with what your mind says about politics, so you bring it up in this frame to try to dismiss it.
Doug