Yes, yes, yes. I know some of you think I should not keep going on about the ludicrousness of the NSW government's announced intent to spend $2.5 billion on knocking down three relatively modern stadiums in three years – Parramatta, Olympic and Sydney Football Stadium – to replace them with new ones, when there is bugger-all demand to do that on even one stadium.

But, by my count, you who say shut up are at best one in 10 of the population, whereas everyone else – I kid you not – from the homeless to the extremely wealthy; from those living in regional NSW to those in the heart of Sydney; from ALP to LNP voters; from those who generally agree with me to those who generally despise me and the horse I rode in on ... have taken me aside in recent days and urged me to go harder!

I seriously think a fair measure of the difference in support for the two proposals can be seen in two petitions. The one I launched last Saturday week calling on the government to stop the waters got 100,000 signatures in 48 hours and is now up to 143,000 signatories. The one some supporters of rebuilding the stadiums launched last Saturday, received 100 signatures in the first 48 hours. Yes, just a hundred.

And this is not simply because of the difference in social media clout behind the two originators of the petition. I have tweeted the pro-stadium-rebuild petition many times, asking people to retweet to get the word out. I do so again now, saying to the supporters of doing this – whoever you are – don't just talk about the support you have. Show us! Get your supporters to demonstrate their views. You will have the clout of the NSW government behind you, as well as Alan Jones, the Herald's own Roy Masters and Andrew Webster, and, seemingly, all of News Limited.