I'm a strong proponent of facts and there are situations in which you just can't do without them.  Even here on THINQon, where what we aim for, I hope, is intelligent conversation that is wide ranging and inclusive but:
without the burden of becoming a quasi news agency.

Another hope is that we're honest enough (of course we are) to make statements that are educated and well thought out even though the facts are not close to hand.

When a fact needs to be cited we're alert enough to know that we have to go dig for it and humble enough to accept criticism for leaving it out.

I like the conversation and the animated back and forth. 
I like the hard truth but sometimes I also like to meander around it and see it from different directions...and speculate about it. 
Fact free.

This is subject dependent of course.  Some lines of inquiry demand more facts than others.
However, THINQon is set up to be like a home--living rooms and family rooms and the like...

Discussion and thoughtful consideration and the occasional food fight.

I would like to cancel this post because it sounds ridiculous but I just can't make myself do it.  So I'm sending it out into the ether and I'll take my licks for it.

--Linda, the uncertain