Default User wrote:
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> Stan Horwitz wrote:
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> > Large parts of the infrastructure here in the states are poorly
> > maintained, yet billions of dollars are sent to Iraq. Insane! I am
> > truly sorry for the families who lost people in that bridge collapse.
>
> I'm grateful for the "ignore branch" feature of my newsreader.

But, but, that's like censorship or political correctness. How are we
ever supposed to solve the worlds ills if we can't have a
(semi)civilized debate? Why do you thing the arab / islamic world is in
such dire straights? It's because they are unable to acknowledge their
faults and look for ways to improve themselves, they stifle all dissent
and debate.

Pete C.