>> You can't even argue for this story being germane without trying to start a political argument

Which is fine in my view. Is a lot of fun to read the political points and counter-points of a lot of people. You really learn a lot.

edit: I guess you could say this is not the right forum to discuss politics. Not all the time, maybe. Some of the time I think is fine since politics affects all of us. Unfortunately, right now there is no better place to have intelligent discussion in all types of topics so I do enjoy it when we analyze stories like this. We need to have a diverse diet, I believe.