Being the conciliator is fun. You are popular, everyone trusts and loves you. Yet sometimes mediating is not enough. Sometimes there are objectively better ways of doing things. That’s why we drink Chinese green tea and French wine, or why we eat Austrian Sacher Torte, Italian Parmigiano Regiano, Pad Thai, and any number of other delicacies. I wouldn’t want Pad Thai cooked by an Austrian chef, and I don’t care much for Thai pastries. It may be hard to swallow, but sometimes one position does trump another. That goes for raising the national debt ceiling as much as for lowering many a pollution ceiling.
Black and white
posted on July 29th 2011 |
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