[quote=Halo]
It took me far longer to slice apart my points and try to remove a bunch of important stuff without decimating the argument I was trying to make, than to actually write it. Writing it took a weekend; editing it down to hit that stupid limit took a week.And that's actually one of the worst things about politics these days :<
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It's human nature man, we need things to be scalable to travel far and wide in a popular vote society (actually in a set value society but hey). 

As for your report. Sounds like you definitely needed the practise :> 

Go read up things on cosissiosn (sp?)