I had considered splitting it off on its own but decided against it. Yes, I think it shouldn't have been an issue but the simple fact is that it happened and it was a major aspect of the convention that people were talking about the entire time. To write about the convention while ignoring that would just not have made sense.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~
I had considered splitting it off on its own but decided against it. Yes, I think it shouldn't have been an issue but the simple fact is that it happened and it was a major aspect of the convention that people were talking about the entire time. To write about the convention while ignoring that would just not have made sense.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~