"Despite my blindness, I notice that you are not a holder either...

"Despite my blindness, I notice that you are not a holder either so (perhaps a groundless assumption) I assume that we must agree about some things"

The sentiment and position are by default, I don't really bother to tick them every time, nor do I care about anyone else's.

"There are more questions than answers. More facts please, and less of the disparaging personal remarks."

The article answers the majority of your questions. Otherwise, @danbradster has already provided a good summary of it. He had been very helpful in providing facts to the thread, if that's not enough for you, perhaps you should just pay for the article and read the full thing.