No it's not a "STILL beating yer wife" question, it's a simple question of policy, which the secret committee could answer through the administrators, someone like Audre. If, however, the Shadow Renderosity feels that it cannot give even the slightest hint as to whether they will ever allow another "embarrasing" artist to be chosen by its former community, then that is an answer in itself: namely, that the mandate of the "committee" (if it is more than one person) is specifically to prevent a candidate like Legume from happening again. You know perfectly well that this is the case, and I'm a little embarrased for you having to defend such an indefensible policy.