Not So Fast -- Spine is Needed, But That's Where We Part.

Submitted by GWK (United States), Apr 7, 2008 at 18:02

YNK -- I agree Europe needs a strong spine in dealing with foreigners with undemocratic and uncivil ways. But there are extremes that you endorse that I cannot agree to. The solution is to get a spine first, then use European ingenuity to figure out a civil way to maintain its ideals while maintaining the security of its ideals.

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