Todd Archer wrote:
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> Aaron said:
>
> >This support for the massacre of worker and peasant leaders by the
> >bourgeoisie puts Mr. De Long on the other side of a bloody divide from
> >any kind of leftist -- whether trade union militant, anarchist, Marxist
> >or any combination or variant thereof. One should no more engage in
> >polite discussion with him than with an admirer of Adolf Hitler. He
> >should be promptly removed from this list.
>
> Mr. De Long promptly removed himself of his own volition, Sonny, after
> someone pushed him a little too hard for his taste at a bit of a tense
> time (surely you remember the World Trade Center, don't you boy?).
>
There is an entertaining anecdote concerning Chou en lai and Dulles at the Geneva talks in 1956. It seems one morning the two came into the meeting room before anyone else had arrived. Chou offered to shake hands. Dulles turned away huffily. Chou would tell the tale to visiters with great glee.
Carrol