Did you actually read what I was saying to Light, or did you just see post and think "this must mean Ratchet is against what Light is arguing for"? I'm going to act in good faith, and assume you didn't, so allow me to explain carefully. I argued with Light about him claiming first, before Queen. I argued about this with him, because an Investigator should never, ever claim before the person they investigated. What that means Usopp, is that my issue had nothing to do with Queen, Queen wasn't even mentioned, it was wholly down to procedure that was not followed. Light argued that, in this specific case, it was fine not to follow it, because of what he had against Queen. Are we still following along? I then pointed out that, just because the act of not following the procedure may not have as many glaringly obvious false positives as it usually would, does not mean you should stop following it, because it sets a bad example for players who otherwise wouldn't know what to do.
Assuming you're still with me, can you tell me then where exactly I soft-defended Queen? I can get quotes if you like. For it to be a soft-defence, my argument would have to attempt to undermine what Light was proposing. That clearly was not the case here. You can't just use words you don't know because you think they sound good. I can't be trying to discredit Light, if I don't make any attempt to actually discredit Light.
This is the second time in quick succession you've attatched a term errenously, presumably because you feel it gives your accusation more value. It isn't defensive to question arguments that are thrown your way, particularly when they're as poorly-conceived as yours seem to be. It isn't defensive to question the credibility of my interlocutors when their line of reasoning strikes me as nonsensical. It's kind of how the game is played. What would you rather have me do, ignore it? As Town, my job is to analyse arguments that are put forth, to see if there is scum motivation in them or if they are misguiding. If I were to ignore arguments that struck me as dumb, I'd be failing in that role. The better question is, why are you so quick to attempt to attatch a scum-tell to my behaviour? You are not infallible. If you came into this expecting to be able to preach whatever you like and have no one question it in turn, then I'm sorry to say, but you're mistaken about the role town takes in this game.