Re: Portholes
It's very similar to the little kid who has to leave the football game after scoring 2 TD's or not letting children raise their hand in class to ask a question or be picked to give an answer.
Homogenization. Curbing of competition.
Let's not make little Johnny feel like he lost (even though he did). He might get depressed. Even suicidal.
I've been spending the time I used to waste (!) on the political forum watching reruns of "The Dumbest Stuff on Wheels".
Both of these things I consider to be "trips down Darwin Avenue"...