All right, Britney -- or, if we aren't on a first-name basis, I could call you "Mister Shorts" -- let's try a little experiment here. 'Cause I don't think you're doing your own side much good.

Can you describe the argument so far? What I mean is, can you explain what I think, and what Dave thinks, or even what you think?

Or are you basically just good for quick posts that demonstrate the reading level of your side of the argument? [cool]

Yes, I'm making fun of you ... but hitting me back is easy. Prove me wrong. Demonstrate that you actually understand what we're talking about, without using quotes. Explain, in your own words, at least two sides of the argument.

If you can't do that, and if we get (as I suspect we will) just another Britney-style post, I think it goes a long way toward demonstrating exactly how the sort of conspiracy I'm talking about could happen. How hard can it be to trick someone when they don't understand both sides of the argument?

(Actually, this is win-win for me -- either I get to prove my point, or it turns out that we Americans aren't quite as dumb as I sometimes fear we are. I'll take either one as a victory.)