"Dave, why are you posting to this thread, "
Dave's comments are fairly harmless - if there isn't room to crack the occasional joke because it is aimed at your friend, we may as well all pack our bags and go home.
It really isn't up to you to tell anybody whether they can post to this thread and how to conduct themselves.
If you want a serious discussion on a serious subject - how about justifying some of your claims - that would show a commitment to the subject.
Once again:
The biggest threat to our society is corporate greed and political compliance, which allows despots and human rights abusers to thrive and prosper from their despotism.
Do You really consider this unworthy of comment (even to support corporate greed and political compliance - - it would at least tell us where you stand.
Do you have any evidence that anybody is proposing to confront terrorism with "teams of social workers and behavioural psychologists?
Jim Carroll