I understand that but you didn't start the thread... his supposition was carefully laid out and you did ask a good question, but IMO is a discussion in and of itself.
Mephisto respected the other thread starters premise and role without hijacking his thread. I'm sure it could easily have "fit" under the original thread but because politics can get heated and ideas pushed from one end to the other he was mindful enough to separate it without moving his thread into a totally different direction. While it does work in more of the other forums in that manner we try to keep the politics forum a bit tighter than other forums.
Again, if you'd like to debate the opposing viewpoint, then by all means start another thread.
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