So, you keep insisting that your statement wasn't scummy, only "controversial". Here's the thing: A statement is controversial if people have strong reactions in favor of it AND against it. It's not controversial if everyone basically agrees that it was a bad thing to say, and that's what happened.
So either your plan was flawed from the beginning because your statement wasn't what you needed it to be, or there was no plan at all and you try to cover up what might be perceived as a scummy statement with your big plan. If you had just said "sorry, I didn't think about that", I would not have found you nearly as scummy as I do now.
I disagree with this line of thinking while agreeing with sudgy's, and maybe that's why I come down on the faust is the scummy one side of the argument.
A statement like "a statement is controversial if people have strong reactions in favor of it AND against it. It's not controversial if everyoen basically agrees that it was a bad thing to say..." isn't helpful (or true).
There are plenty of controversial statements that very few people agree with. You can find many of them in the RSP forum.
Whether sudgy was actually executing a plan is an arguable point. But I don't think arguing that the plan isn't believeable as a plan because it isn't great isn't the way to do it.
I think it's pretty well-known that I use controversy (or whatever you want to call it) to stir up games and get them going. Sometimes it's really pissed some players off. Other times it's fizzled and done nothing. But there are definitely times when it has been a boon to town.
I tend to believe sudgy here, both that he said something anti-town (the doctor POE statement) on purpose to garner reactions AND that he voted Robz for pressure.