On Sat, 03 Sep 2005 08:55:48 -0700, Abrasha
wrote:

Gunner Asch wrote:



Odd..I believe I stated this in a post yesterday, and was roundly poo
pooed by a couple optimists.

Gunner


Being a terrible pessimist myself (I prefer to call myself a realist),
my wife gave me several pads of yellow stickies some time ago which have
the perfect definition of an optimist printed on them:

"An optimist is a person who hasn't been given all the facts yet."

Abrasha
http://www.abrasha.com


Well said indeed.

Gunner

"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire.
Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us)
off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give
them self determination under "play nice" rules.

Think of it as having your older brother knock the **** out of you
for torturing the cat." Gunner