On Sat, 24 Apr 2021 10:44:12 +0000, Spike
wrote:
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That's a fine example of supposition piled upon supposition in order to
get the answer you want.

BS.

It's a genuine / real-world scenario confirming that 'anyone' can
often attend council meetings and therefore you wouldn't need to be a
councilor to be able to attend or even play a part.

"Even if...", " ...the chances are...", "...likely to...", and
"...if...", all quoted from the same sentence,

Yup, because unlike you (left brainer), I appreciate very little is
black and white in this world, and because of left brainers, I have to
allow for such formally or you would try to jump on that as well.

Ordinary people would be able to accept all that unstated.

add up to piling
supposition upon supposition,

Nope, it's simply acknowledging the options (see above).

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Cheers, T i m