Hi Mary. Firstly, I am not a Social Democrat. Or a communist, or a socialist. This is what I mean by ‘nuanced’. Like many of my fellow Europeans, I don’t believe in ‘absolutist’ thinking. That is what I mean by ‘nuanced’. We tend to see our world in a more pragmatic and relativistic way. I notice you conveniently ‘missed’ my point about where this financial crisis began. I guess the truth hurts. Gordon Brown wouldn’t have to be prostituting himself if so many of your greedy captialists hadn’t thought they could make even more profit lending 125% mortgage funds to people with no visible source of income! So was it socialism for Bush to bail out those irresponsible banks? Given Obama’s recent election victory, it seems as if a lot of your fellow Americans are equally fed-up with eight years of absolutist thinking! Viva the change! At least you sleep well at night knowing we aren’t plotting to subvert your government. And for your information, we are still trying to prosecute the polonium guy. Just that Putin (remember Bush looked into his eyes and said he could trust him) has decided to resurrect Russian greatness by bumping off his enemies. Something I am sure the Americans would never contemplate! ha ha
