Yeah, this problem applies to all questions.

But society was a fair bit more socially conservative when discussing homosexuality.

If they changed the question now they wouldn’t have continuous data going back to 1989 anymore.

Yeah, but propelling them out of the solar system just sounds like the kind of fake-ending that ends up with the super villain coming back stronger in a decade. Have we learnt nothing from science fiction? You have to destroy your foes whilst you can.