I guess I take the board description ‘For the discussion and personal reminiscences of this emotive subject’ seriously.

You are as yet, neither ‘discussing’ nor ‘reminiscencing’.

devil’s advocate: someone who takes the worse side just for the sake of argument (poorly worded definition thrown up by quick internet search)

Let’s see:
1) I am against school CP in real life, and consider its abolition in the same vein as that of slavery, the death penalty etc.
2) I find CP interesting in the same way as many people who would never advocate its return find slavery interesting.
3) unlike many here, I believe in freedom of expression.

I think my posts have been within the spirit of 1-3. Now how does that make me a ‘devil’s advocate’?