"The truth hurts" as they say so you divert attention with your "size, colours and bold" distraction.
There you go. I don't know Jonathon, of course, but I can just see him saying to himeself, "I can't handle the truth this genius Christ Barr lays out so I will try a diversionary tactic. Lets see, should I criticize Bush, say something profound about Mrxism, mention Joe Smith's death at the conclusion of a gun fight or, hey I know, I'll go with old "size, colour and bold" thing.
John
