[lugsoul]

I've never met, or even spoken with, either of them, and I don't know their families or their friends, so I'd say I'm not really in a position to judge their character, or to rank one above the other.

But I do know that taping private conversations with your friends - conversations that you prompt - and then turning the tapes over to the authorities is something less than 'dignified.'

[John Robertson]

"I've never met, or even spoken with, either of them, and I don't know their families or their friends, so I'd say I'm not really in a position to judge their character, or to rank one above the other."

This is beneath your usual responses. Never met them? Who cares.

Didn't make it to Vietnam, but I have an opinion.

Never had an abortion, but I DEFINITELY have an opinion.

I could go on and on, but the operating principle must be, You don't have to have first-hand face-to-face knowledge to comment on something. If that were the case, FR never would have existed. And a million other venues.

Jeesh.