Alex, Oleg, if you read my earlier posts you know that I am just as appalled as you are about this idea., And, moreover ,I am extremely critical of Bloomberg for not telling those who had chutzpa to even come up with this idea to F**k themselves up. But , from what I know, Bloomberg is not a Democrat.(ch) . So it's not Dems to blame in this case. It's short memory and general ignorance.
As far as answering bullying with bullying - I still disagree. I never taught my kids to answer with rudeness. I taught them to outsmart those who bother them. ;-) .
And this is ,in general, a wise diplomatic strategy.
Just to be smarter.
So, if I was a was a mayor of NYC, I would come up with something like this ( thinking to myself: Go F**k yourself): well, this is a swell idea to commemorate all the victims of 9/11, We should focus on building a memorial and an Interfaith center so people of all religions could pray there;-) for peace and ....well, whatever:-D
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