I'm sorry for saying this, Richard, (and I mean no insult) but the only one who has refreshed this thread in the past 24 hours, outside of the person who scours this site in various guises insulting nations and peoples, is yourself.
As for intelligent and interesting stuff, I couldn't agree more. There is certainly some 'interesting' stuff. It's meaningless posts that add nothing to the 'discussion', and unfortunately the one above fits straight into that category; these are the ones which keep this thread current.
I'm afraid Conrad, as he has shown before, is not interested in discussion (his argument shifts from black square to white square, but never forward), he is only interested in having the last word.

Which you, and now by my reply to you, has given him the opportunity to have yet again.
I don't have discussions with people whose sole purpose is to pour scorn on the condition of others from their ivory towers in cyberspace

A balanced and healthy diet helps.

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