re: #91 researchok

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Bigotry, racism and calls to genocide cannot be ‘negotiated’.

Agree, but negotiations between enemies generally aren’t about getting them to recant their beliefs, however odious they may be. They are about conduct: “you’ll stop doing X if I stop doing Y”, or some variation on that formula. Certainly, Red China has held and continues to hold some beliefs that are odious. We hold our noses and deal with them anyway because we think it is in our best interests to do so. The Soviet Union was evil in spades, and we nonetheless treated with them.

Other evil regimes we did not negotiate with, but whether that was because of practical problems or because our principles made such negotiaions impossible is hard to say.