Blank Doll smiles.

Why on earth do people take cynicism as a sign of intellectual strength? I understand perfectly that our government is not perfect when it comes to policy making- one only has to look at the sorry state of insurance regulation, but really, I fail to see how some presupposition of intellectual credibility necessitates such a lack of patriotism or any affection for the nation that would seem to suggest some form of prejudice.

Are you so ashamed of your country, especially when she is after all, one of THE Asian Tigers?

Reading some of the posts on the Econs S listing by at least one of the seniors nauseates me.

C'est tout.