I understand that this was a pain in the ass, and perhaps not a particularly effective pain in the ass, but a completely valid pain in the ass within the historical realm of political pain-in-the-assism.
Anyone remember the Boston Tea Party?
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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