You know, when people say that they WILL NOT talk to so-and-so (be it Red China, Hamas, Saddam, Israel, the USA, Iran, etc...) because so-and-so is just soooooo bad and terrible that they cannot bring themselves to hold a dialogue with someone so awful...

Well, they are just finding a convenient excuse to do absolutely nothing new, and nothing to moderate their own hardline position. They are avoiding moving one iota out of their own established prejudice and presumed position of advantage. That's all there is to it.

It's selfish. It's stupid. It's unimaginative. It's self-righteous. It's inflexible. It's a delaying of the inevitable. It's lazy.