re: #406 Killgore Trout

Kerry’s not stupid. You and I know enough that the word is politically charged, Kerry knows it too. I would hope he’s not stupid enough to use the word without approval from his boss. I don’t think this was an accident.

Apparently you think diplomacy is done solely with soft voices and gentle words.

No.

Sometimes yes, but you have to use the hard stuff too.

Yes, it’s emotionally charged. It’s scary and ugly, and so it makes an excellent attention grabber:

“Your choice is between fixing this or hell. So tell me, how do you plan to avoid hell?