"I don't know how often spite enters into it," Weiss says, thinking over the problem seriously now. It was better than 'partying', at least here. "Leaders need to be able to bring people together. Obviously you can't please all the people all of the time, but there's two sides to these things. Inspiring those who want to do good, and persuading those who don't sounds...doable. People have done it in the past over and over, haven't they?"