Not necessarily - but WhyNot? ThinkingOutLoud.DonaldNoyes.20130223 1727
An expression by one of mild-rebellion, or used to offer a devils-advocate position. With the under-current of "join-me-on-this", guys!
Having the side-effect of postponing an idea or implementation from being "rail-roaded-thru" as in the American Congress when consideration of passing a motion, and very little AyesOrYeas? have been offered, and the chair offering "The Ayes have it".
It is generally the LoneVoice? who offers this suggested option.
WhyNot, in the opening statement, is the opening of dialogue, and the beginning of ConsiderationOfAlternatives.
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