You're stretching the issue beyond the scope of what I was getting at.

Again: my point still stands. Mine was a yes or no question, and the answer was yes.

It's unfortunate to me that you're grossly mischaracterizing what I've said. I'm only generally dismissing the rank-and-rabid protestors with their naive "evil empire" assessments. I will wholeheartedly embrace anyone approaching this dialog with depth and reason, as some have.

EDIT: maybe the confusion was caused by my saying I made a "general assessment". That was to point out I wasn't attacking you.