K'thardin wrote:

> We are.

*snip of an exceptionally polite and sef restrained post from K'thardin*

Sorry, I sent my post before reading K'thardings much better one on this
subject.
BTW, a group of people who talk very often, have things in common, and know
quite a bit about each other are called "friends", and friends do tend to talk
about world events when things are serious like this.
Kathleen