Whatever I state, they feel obligated to oppose

Not this time. Cosying up to the Saudi regime - we had the King pay a state visit to England a few weeks back - is pretty nauseating. (And it makes a mockery of the suggestion that our governments' quarrel with Saddam and Co indicated any real concern about human rights.)

(My point about mentioning the cut and paste was to head off people getting into an argument with bruce for saying things he hadn't actually said.)