Overstress - we know each other and have discussed this topic before. I fully sympathise with your assessment of PPrune's 'condition' but it has to be remembered that UNLESS you and your mates visit and post here, you will not be fully aware of the feelings of those 'outside' the BA pilot force - and they are important on the coming media battleground.
You - and everyone - as always, need to learn to ignore the rabid 'anti' posts and the 'stirring' posts.
You and the rest of the pilots always need to recognise that on the BA BALPA forum, as with the old BA Compuserve forum and the BA private forum here, posting/talking will simply produce a cosy impression of support from like-minded folk with the same concerns (apart, of course, from those who did not vote for the strike motion).
I suspect the 'real', sensible public can see the problems you face and will grudgingly accept your proposed action. You all have to hope that, unlike the last few 'issues' the BA pilot force has faced, BALPA have a cohesive
PR plan in place and will not let BA management run rings around them in the media as in the past.