the outcome of the election

[Bolty]

I'm utterly astounded that a thread of this size and on the most explosive topic of all (politics) has not yet fallen to a complete drivel of name calling and abuse. Yes, it's been quite testy, but just about any other forum on the Net would have been useless reading past the 20th post here. (round of applause to the Lurkers)

That being said, there's some borderline stuff here, so please remember the old axiom of counting to 10 before posting...or maybe 100 would be better. :)

And remember that the chances of you actually changing someone else's mind here are close to 1% or less. But it does make for fantastic reading to see people's viewpoints of it all and realizing just how different we all are here. Sometimes I think one of America's greatest weaknesses (the massive cultural divisions, racial/ethnic tensions, a huge mish-mash of religions and creeds) may actually be one of its greatest strengths in the end.

I know that when I travel to other countries, one of the greatest adjustments for me is how...homogeneous the populations can be. Not that it's a bad thing when you go to Denmark or Sweden and every woman there is tall and blond. :lol:

-Bolty