I need not have political purposes of my own to recognize a device commonly employed in their advancement by those who do have them. Nor need I have political p

I need not have political purposes of my own to recognize a device commonly employed in their advancement by those who do have them. Nor need I have political purposes in order to have desiderata with regard to those fields of human endeavor in which politicians, both amateur and professional, exert themselves. I've simply learned through unpleasant experience that there's no point arguing with the weather, or with City Hall. "Offense" isn't really the correct term; "resignation" is much closer. The rest is just bandying words around, a pastime I greatly enjoy for all its ultimate pointlessness.