Look out - opinion coming. Larry's a lawyer. As such, I would assume he sometimes deals with some very unsavory people. Everybody has rights, even the people some of us hate or think are scum of the earth. It takes a heck of a lot of fairness, open-mindedness, whatever-the-word-is to try to see someone's rights and the light within them when the things you don't like stand out so strongly.

To those who say "don't negotiate with the enemy," it's your choice, but somebody has to do it. There's absolutely no chance of peace, no chance of changing minds if no one is willing to look for that part of someone else they can reach. I don't think any one of our heroes - whoever they may be - has become a hero by isolating themselves from unpleasantness. Quite the opposite.

Larry, I don't always agree with you, but I gotta have a load of respect for someone willing to go into the lion's den, even if the lions DO have a sense of humor!