You were arguing against your real opinion as a 5th columner? May I ask why?
(Well done, by the way, in a technical sense. Just the right amount of character assassination: "Sollecito and Knox were known to be practitioners of dangerous sex acts.")
Just don't kill the younglings, Anakin!
I thought it would get modded down and then provoke someone as well-informed as komponisto to thoroughly refute it, and make people realize how stupid those arguments were.
Damn ... now that's starting to sound like a fake justification!
Eh, I guess I just like trolling too :-/
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