"What effect must it have on a nation if it learns no foreign languages? Probably much the same as that which a total withdrawal from society has upon an individual." --G.C. Lichtenberg
Uh, Tom, why is there "something admirable about the Turkish democracy's refusing to be bribed into a war its people don't want," and nothing admirable about French democracy refusing to be bullied into a war its people don't want? What's admirable about British democracy that its government is pursuing a war its people don't want? posted by David at 3/05/2003 08:28:00 AM ::