On 4/20/07, MacGyverMagic/Mgm <macgyvermagic(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 4/20/07, Tony Sidaway <tonysidaway(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
I think a lot of people are troubled that Jimbo adopts this approach,
which seems like casuistry. There are all kinds of valid qualms that
can and should be expressed about this. It's a gambit, in my view, an
attempt to resolve a very deep and longrunning dispute by
reciprocating a positive gesture and permitting a reasonable request.
casuistry?
Pragmatism. An unpopular but necessary tool of diplomacy.