First of all, “you’re missing the point” irrespective of tone, does not rise to the level of expletive, gentle or otherwise. There’s civil discussion and walking on eggshells, and the latter is not an activity I’m willing to engage in. Being on the BBS doesn’t have to be a contact sport, but since when do we all have onion-thin skin?
Second of all: No. I was “implying” that there is a failure of leadership, by pretty much saying that.
See above. I’m sorry you felt insulted.
Dingdingding! You are correct sir. I missed that, hot on the heels of my cool factoid, I forgot it doesn’t apply in this particular case, but I do think it’s interesting that it’s a power the executive branch regularly refuses to use. Even in cases where obvious price-gouging for patented drugs is obvious.
I wasn’t. As I said, I wasn’t so much as trying to be contrarian, I was just jumping in with interesting and potentially relevant factoid. Well, less relevant, as @nemomen pointed out.