well, you know.

Loved the nice escape from 5- 'ands' .. and, besides, moreover, accordingly, and .. ;-) [I usually tend to fabricate NewWords for those awkward transitionals; but not a good thing when speaking to the Strunk-inculcated]

I'd wonder at the status / authority of this surrogate-flak "non-reader of all those e-mails"; maybe cc a few of the Elite - incl that Citize er Hearst kin?

Tactically -
The message sent by The Suits is: "civil disobedience / strong opinions on anything - might get us some bad press". Well, throttling same obv. works the same way! [Duhhh] umm QED? So why not rethink this sordid piece of flummoxery: as earlier re Comics - in dropping Zippy and {ulp} reconsidering - but at the high price of also retaining that {ugh} saccharine Keane wallow.. in what uncute-brainwashed kids burble on about.

Hey.. it's Frisco, not Omaha. This is rilly Bad as in flimsy, suggestive and basically duplicitous rationalizing of a stupid punishment for being and acting: alive. >> What Would HL Mencken Say? << or Jesus, for that matter.

As to reply style (since you asked for critique) - methinks the selection of the Bushie multiparious-dissemble was *his*.
[think all the daily *reasons* ... if we can't find Osama: We Must Invade]
A series of decreasingly convincing 'excuses' masquerading as some lossy Principle-Set. Since these beg to be as-serially vaporized, prolly this is a better riposte than an essay of more compact or original form [??] Besides, I doubt he could handle a lateral arabesque, even with a Windoze Help box.

Never mind what the non-cranks here think :-0 No battle agains patent-BS is ever a wasted effort. Why if just one Gopher at the Chron has an epiphany and next urinates on (Scott Hall's?) desk.. in that classic I Quit way.. why thou canst not then be false to any man, canst thee? - to coin a phrase.


Aux barricades!


Ashton,
crank-Shaft to the Engine of Anisotropic Multifariousness