Mongering and politics dont mix!
When traveling, I have one simple rule--NO POLITICS and I believe this board would do well to follow suit.
I was in Capetown SA a few years ago in a nice bar, everyone was having a good time..I struck up a conversation with some fellow who intimated that he was once part of the South African army who enforced Apartheid..things started getting tense..I simply stopped him and said--hey man, I'm here on vacation..would u like a drink? We proceded to have a few rounds and joked about the different pretentious spinners in the bar...good times without the fuss and tension of politics.
We are all here in search of one common thing: The pursuit and procurement of top shelf brazilian BUNDA at a reasonable price..our ideological tendencies need not matter.