*snerk*

[missroserose]

I think this article proves the Rule of Numbers pretty much above and beyond all doubt - if you get enough people in any one group (political party, fandom, message board, knitting club) there are going to be idiots in it. Admittedly, these people have more reason than one might think to stay where they're at, but when you've got people in charge on both sides telling you it ain't gonna happen, you might take the clue.

And in a relative non sequitur, one of the funniest headlines I ever saw was on the cover of Utne magazine last summer: "Free Beer! and other ways to put the "party" back in politics..."