[searchandrecovery]

here is the crux of our disagreement.

Can't you two guys just get a room? Geez. I would be willing to proctor a (taped, then dvd'd) debate between you two.

Both of you love America dearly.

[harpseal]

Both of you love America dearly. I beleive the issue of whether or not a tariff is inherently harmful to a nation is a very important question on any thread discussing Free Trade. I proposed the historical record as a means to answer this central question. clearly if a tariff were harmful to the antion imposing it I would be wrong for advocating such a position and I would clearly apologize to all for such advocacy. If, however, the historical record proves otherwise, then I would presume the same courtesy from him.

LS since you are mentioned in this thread i thought you should be included in the flag to it as a common courtesy