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To: Keith Feral who wrote (206988)	10/26/2006 10:12:12 AM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I don't get involved with partisan politics. To me it is pointless; there are people in both parties whom I like, but I have to admit I dislike the majority of both sides. Yesterday I read an excellent article on Saudi Arabia on Asia Times and thought of you. Here it is, if you are interested atimes.com BTW, for several years I refused to put anyone on my ignore list. Then I finally put two very rude hecklers on a semiconductor thread on ignore (they literally had a personal issue with the company execs). Then I put some more people and then some more...suddenly I realized I was tempted to put people on ignore who imo were just dead wrong. In other words, I was censoring the news and views coming to me. I went back and reviewed posts of all people in my ignore list. It got clear of everyone but the one-liner hecklers and very excessively rude people. I have not added anyone to the ignore list since. later, ST