So much fun watching the points on parent post climb up and down. It's one thing when people post opposing viewpoints, it's another when a post is voted on (in either direction) based on the poster's affiliation. Mud slinging all around.
Another fun thing is to watch the time, when the comments are going up or down. Then you can see, what is the prevailing affiliation among those tho vote in Asia/Europe/Americas.
It would be cool to have that visually presented for controversial topics. Your observation never occurred to me before, good stuff :)