User blog comment:Rupert Giles/Global Navigation January Update/@comment-65.49.68.190-20150130051626/@comment-26045158-20150130084004

Reminds me of the green elephants the artists in former East Germany kept as pets. Want to sneak song lyrics critical of the regime past the censors? Put a few green elephants in them! "What's this about green elephants?" the censors would shout. "There's no such beast and it's not welcome here!" "Yes, Herr Censor! Of course Herr Censor!" the artists would say. "We shall dutifully obey and remove those unsightly critters anon." Then they would proceed to merrily perform their songs with the real regime criticism still inside.

Having just told this little story it occurs to me that I equated us to the regime and Wikia to the rebels. That stands to reason...