“stp/34; OTOH, perhaps you’d be skipping the messages you should most be interested in –due to the truth of the stronger position being hidden until it isn’t.”

I am aware of the possibility and ameliorate the chances by seeing if that thread is referenced farther along.
That also helps keep me from piling on. BTW, truth is POV. I prefer data. I can form my own truth given the facts. I neither need nor desire help.

“Direct pressure always tends to harden and consolidate the resistance of an opponent.”*
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_Sir Basil H. Liddel-Hart

I thought of that quote when I read an article earlier today about layoffs (RIF’s) at the larger corporations that are starting. It seems that the people in charge of selecting the reduction for that RIF are going thru the employee parking lot, looking for Obama/Biden bumper stickers. After all, since they voted for the problem, they might as well reap what they sowed.
The indirect approach. Plus, there’s more. Once they figure out why they (the RIF’d) were selected, they will sue. That will get the MSM involved, which will result in millions of bumper stickers being scraped off. As a capitalist, I wonder what the demand for McCain/Palin bumper stickers will be? By this time next year Radio shows will be having ‘spot the Obama bumper sticker contests.
Bumper Stickers are the poor man’s opinion poll.

“When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.”
-Otto Von Bismarck

“The right of revolution is an inherent one. When people are oppressed by their government, it is a natural right they enjoy to relieve themselves of
oppression, if they are strong enough, whether by withdrawal from it, or by overthrowing it and substituting a government more acceptable.”
- General Ulysses S. Grant