The assumption in Western culture is that a Good Leader is a Good Person. That Brave People are also Good. This goes back into myth - in the Iliad, the quality of leadership is measured by bravery in… (View Post)

a It is absolutely disgusting that people are suggesting that Sir Keir is, in any way, responsible for the government of the country. (View Post)

Oh indeed. And if I was Chinese Leader, I'd have dumped North Korea as well. Offer a reunified Korea a treaty guaranteeing the border and protection from aggression by any other party. Plus *give* th… (View Post)

Presumably, of the others, one third function as vegetables and the last third as minerals? (View Post)

Which ignores the fact that the black box showed that someone unlatched and moved the both fuel switches to CUTOFF, about 1 second apart. And then the co-pilot clearly asks, in the cockpit audio &quo… (View Post)