Confusing vulgarization with radicalism

A friend of mine was at a business conference recently, attended mainly by savvy, honorable entrepreneurs who worry every day about how they will pay their taxes and their employees. In order to be at this particular conference, they obviously belong to that category of heroic Greek business people who have survived the crisis so far. I think Frank Sinatra's "if I can make it there, I'm gonna make it anywhere" applies to them.

The conference also included a panel of politicians - who managed to outrage the entire room. A man from the opposition called the prime minister and the government "bootlickers;" a lawmaker with the ruling coalition accused the opposition of being "common criminals." It was basically one of those discussions only morning talkshow addicts can appreciate. The issue is that it leads nowhere. The delegates were in despair because they needed to hear...