Starchild:
Let me add my appreciation to everyone else's, not just for showing up,
and for speaking up, as a minority of 1, but also for the very sensitive
framing of your arguments in such a way as to maximize their appeal to
your hostile audience. That's not easy to do, on the spot, under
pressure; but, without that, showing up, and even speaking up, may not
count for much.
Mike