> Was the black cat interfering with things? If you require intent for something to be considered interference, I guess you're not much of a wave physicist. >

> Was the black cat interfering with things? If you require intent for something to be considered interference, I guess you're not much of a wave physicist. > I never accused anyone of acting maliciously. No, my point was that that was what you were saying the papers were doing - you were saying that the papers were injecting malicious intent into the story. Okay, you didn't literally use the word 'malicious', but I think most people would not have a problem with it, given the context you were suggesting the papers were giving ("active interference" preventing firefighters from doing their work)