>[A digression on digressions: I don't mean to be negative
You're not being negative, but being negative is also something you needn't apologize for being now & then!
>, but I don't understand what is it that gets us to digress into
>arguments (and nasty ones!) over situations that we all agree are
>"exceptions", at most.
Good point.
> Also people on this list are savvy, surely they saw that one
>anecdote cited (which led to the wild discussion) might even be the
>only example of its kind in the country - a legal and practical
>implausibility. We need to keep our eyes on the ball! It was
>inauguration day.]
And now it's the day after. We really do have a knack for devoting more time to fighting each other than does the right, which has no trouble remembering who the enemy is.
Doug