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re: agreed
Robert — (archived)

I see what you're saying. Generally on SS, topics begin more purely scientific, and then somebody will inject a political angle. It's rarer, but not that uncommon, to lead with the political angle. Usually that happens when, as in this case, somebody's picking up the thread of an earlier or ongoing discussion. Plenty of precedent in past discussions to support bringing it up again.

I admit I'm taking to account that Tom is always Tom. He's a political animal through and through, and trying to compartmentalize his speech into political and non-political categories is impossible. Nor would it be fair--if Tom sees a political dimension to almost everything, then that's what he thinks, and I'd be censoring him if I tried to impose a distinction.

Tom's an old pro at this stuff, and his own instincts about what goes where are usually pretty good. I sense that he debated about this post and made a judgment call about posting it here. Maybe it's not quite right, or could have been rewritten to emphasize the science...but I'll give him some slack. This isn't a big deal. Let's not spend more words on procedural issues than the topic itself.

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