:-)

Exactly why I've hesitated. There's nothing I'm worried about, but anything can be twisted and taken out of context for an agenda.

If you do run, take measures to forestall the politics of personal destruction they like to practice now.

When they can't effectively argue your points their go to move is smear you personally.

I was one of the people in that thread, don't know if I brought that book up or not. Glad others are enjoying it though.

Good points. True, it does require considerably less to paste a link. And gets the point across just as effectively. :-)

I've contemplated it as of late... I'm sick of the sycophants.

Yes. :-). I got a paperback copy for myself. I believe it was you who told several of us here about the book, am I correct? :-)

available free as an ebook

That's less a bingo but more of a Bing.
Dino just snickered at what he wrote.

I'd rather not have the screen updates bogged down to a crawl with massive bandwidth wasting pictures. And that's just from productive posts. Imagine how bad troll posts would be.
Yes, it would be nice to display a chart or wisely compressed photo, but links usually work well enough. There are places that don't have free unlimited bandwidth and most American web designers haven't a clue about frugal bandwidth use. Fortunately the Gulch designers understand. I could rant for some time about how the web UI "experience" has degraded since mouse over menus became ubiquitous interruptions to anyone just trying to read an article in peace.
Anyway I vote no thanks to in-comment bandwidth wasting illustrations. Anything worth displaying is worth compressing, uploading, and linking. That give the freedom of choice to the reader.

Your point has merit, that said, I will defend their right to say or publish whatever they want, regardless of the levels of taste evoked. I'm not sure if there is any person, religion or irony that they have not poked.
I simply cannot condone any attack on anyone's right of free speech or their right to voice their own opinions or to read what ever they wish to read.
And while I might be prone to restrict it on a grade school reading list, in Middle or High School it is fodder for an excellent Social Studies discussion.

The dude did not need to ask that question.
It's the Information Age.
There! You made me talk. Well, sorta.

You're too funny. :-)

I did decide to backtrack erase half a sentence I started.
The reason I only posted the link without comment was that I was chomping on the bit to ask--never mind what I was going to ask.
That would be telling after having to decided not to write, well, post a word.

As it should be. I can say the same. Of my 47+
:-)

I was sorely tempted.
In all my 67 years, I have asked more than one dumb question.

Oh, and she also said the reason we can't put it in the microwave, is because we don't want any exploding Tardises. 😜

I'm in the only county that hasn't succumbed to the progressive agenda, an we are fighting tooth and nail to keep it that way.