Nah. I wrote down from the top, not up from the conclusion. Whether you like that conclusion or feel somehow cheated is irrelevant.

And I don't know what you read about Brand but maybe flip it my way cause I was looking at direct quotes, or so claimed. And if anyone is trying to shut him up or shut him down, I can't imagine why they'd try to do it by making him a martyr to his "fans", because that was a patently obvious outcome of this whole deal.