Alberto Monteiro wrote:
>
> Julia Thompson wrote:
> >
> > Now, I'd be a lot happier if we could just drop the
> > Israel problem from the list of active debate topics
> > for a couple of weeks, let tempers cool down,
> >
> But *any* debate topic can become heated. And the one
> who has the greatest emotional relation to this topic
> [Ilana] is among the calmest. For example, do you
> think a India-Pakistan or Turkey-Greece or China-Taiwan
> or Argentina-IMF can�t degenerate too?
They *can*. This one *already has*.
I'm just saying, it might be good to let the tempers cool on this one
subject, and I think it'll take at least a couple of days for the
discussion to become heated to the point of anger on some of the other
topics you listed, which might give us a good 24 hours of temper-free
posting. *That* would be nice, wouldn't it?
> > and maybe go back to discussing _Glory Season_.
> >
> That would be a good idea... Ah! I have a new animated
> gif of Stratos�s orbit, I am going to post it as
> an attachment!
<snort>
I am *so* glad I wasn't actually sipping at my (non-caffeinated) tea
when I read that! :D
Julia
