[lormand]

"Yeah, no sense asking the guy who is pissed off at you why he's pissed off at you"

I hear that holding hands with your enemy also helps.

Don't bring your purse to negotiate with these barbarians, you won't need any of it after surrendering to them.

[Calvinist_Dark_Lord]

I hear that holding hands with your enemy also helps.

Since nobody is advocating that, i'd have to take your word for it, as i haven't looked into the matter, and have no interest in doing so...i don't 'dialogue to consensus' with anyone, at least not in the affective domain.

Don't bring your purse to negotiate with these barbarians, you won't need any of it after surrendering to them.

Last i saw, Ron Paul didn't vote to 'negotiate' with ObL. He voted to support the effort to kill him. (In the words of Donald Rumsfeld to some incredibly stupid correspondant's question).