Reply #3: As always a 2 sided coin (in AD&D a 20 sided die....but I digress)

[The Straight Story]

The politics of decisions and how they play versus the practicality of things which are (laws that must be followed, etc).

I *think* what most people might like to hear, politically speaking, is "We condemn such and such in general but must follow the law and we are doing so".

Following what must be is one thing, doing so without comment is another as it leads people to wonder and fill in the blanks.