well spoken, good sir rosskolnikov. welcome to the melee, and please feel free to lean right when necessary and appropriate, as a 'devil's advocate' kinda thing. we'll continue to do the same from the other side at all the right times and places, relentlessly batter you with confirmed facts and endless common sense, and then we'll all meet in the [left-of-]center and solve all the world's problems all by ourselves.

my humble point of view is no doubt influenced deeply by my years of study here with the Dalai Mick. rhymes with prick. oi!