I have responded to it, Jim. I am as appalled as you are. I don't think any relations should be maintained with a state with laws and practices like those of Saudi, whatever the diplo/economic consequences might be. You tend for some reason to denounce any views I express which in any way conform to your own as mere "lip-service"; I am still much exercised as to how you purport to know what is going on in my head. But, there, you are without doubt a genuine ❤-in-right-place-er, unlike some I could name - indeed, have named.

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