reasonable discourse requires reasonable restraint and a modicum of logic and intellectual honesty
and for lacking such I grew tired of the endless caterwauling from the Japanese pos (I do intend to continue using this descriptor)
while I agree completely that leadership must be by example (do you want to hear what I think about that pos Clinton ??), that does not imply a social consensus, let alone a global one
a Dutch friend was visiting when Pims (sp) was murdered, and she burst into tears - things like this do not happen in Holland she said
since then more of the same, so ?
I regard the Dutch as eminently sane, but why the Serbia (Croatia ?) massacre ?
some problems have no facile solutions, and this should be recognized when cudgeling others for their lack of perfection
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