[Ward Smythe]

...there doesn't appear to be any sort of credible threat to ending our present form of government.

I hope that wasn't supposed to make us feel better...

[Illbay]

I hope that wasn't supposed to make us feel better...

Well, it is simply a reference to my opinion that too often we get bogged down on little details and forget the larger picture.

"Swallowing a camel and straining at a gnat" is, I believe, the appropriate euphemism.