> Seems to me that nobody is saying that Nathan and Leo are wrong about
> Castro's latest despicable actions. All people are saying is that it
> isn't politic to mention them.
>
> Be very, very careful: the world is full of people who are trying to
> communicate the truth as they see it. If you're not even trying to
> communicate the truth as you see it--if you're shading what you
> communicate in the interests of being politic--you go straight to the
> bottom of lots of people's to-be-read piles...
>
>
> Brad DeLong
Though in this case the reason why it is impolitic is of profound significance. It's not as if we are being respectful to an embarrassing relative, it's rather that we shouldn't be joining the chorus demanding that the madman go on another rampage.
Thiago