[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you for your reply!

This isn't a trial; it's a burlesque. There is no jury, but merely spectators.

I do not doubt that you see them as "spectators" - but what matters is how they see themselves. If they see themselves as fact finders (which I believe is the case) - then a boycott will be a default, i.e. "they had no case".

My two cents...

[AntiGuv]

How they see themselves matters to no one but themselves, and whomever else they might have the power to inflict themselves upon. What matters is what they are, and they are hardly fact finders. If they want to find facts, the facts are readily accessible to them across a vast array of hundreds of thousands of sources. What they are is ideologues, to whom the facts do not matter. And there is no case contrary to such ideology that they will find adequate, and therefore no reason to carry on a charade of presenting one for their benefit - since they will not benefit. For the benefit of others, there are innumerable legitimate venues within which to present the case.