jayeff

You can't help yourself. Nowhere did I so much as hint that you couldn't hold whatever opinion you wanted.

The obvious implication from the existence of this thread is that you have lost whatever credibility you may have started with. If that doesn't bother you, fine. If it does, then attempting to explain your reasoning, complex or not, would be in your own interest. End of story.

I have dabbled in politics for around 40 years, so I know what spin can achieve. But I also know its limitations, the chief of which is that if spin is all you offer, it isn't long before no-one will believe anything you say. In any debate it is important to play down opposing points of view, but you also have to offer an alternative.