Okay, okay, I'll respond.
DTS, you know you and I are very much in the same area of the political spectrum, and I know how frustrating it's been the past few years to feel like you're the only saying, "Wait... don't you see... this isn't working..." and have other people ask you why you hate our freedom in return. But I started this thread purely as a, "Here's something really nice and amazing that happened" sort of thing that people could read and be touched that a human being could be so brave and quick-thinking. And you posted a terrific link to the story-- much more detail than I saw on TV. But unfortunately, when any of us toss in a political tangent, people are going to get irritated, and then we lose the point of the thread, which was, wasn't it amazing, what this guy did. Which makes me feel bad.
Please, keep posting political stuff- I really do read almost all of your posts (including the one asking me to post the sand tart recipe; I'm just suffering from chronic laziness right now), but if you would, start a new thread in cases like this? Maybe it's just 'cause I'm a champ at compartmentalizing (much to the chargin of some of my ex-boyfriends), but I like that here I can read a political thread and get all riled up about something Rupert says, for example, and then hop over to the racing boards and happily read his racing posts, without any spill-over. I don't post as much on the racing board because I don't have near the knowledge of most of the people here, but I sure do read the threads.
(Though, of course, I'm sure many remember my Lou Ferrigno over the Lawyer Ron thread last summer getting hijacked...)