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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: The Philosopher who wrote (67538)11/23/2002 2:48:24 PM
From: Lane3  Respond to of 82486
 
It may be that in five or ten years their animus will dissipate

I had in mind years, not months, but not five or ten, perhaps two.

Appeasement has never seemed to me a very productive strategy.

I was not suggesting appeasement. Everyone would see right through that. And the hypocrisy of it could add to the total enmity. If you can't fess up from the heart, I wouldn't advise trying to bluff it. That might be a step up from trying to negotiate it, but only a small one.