>>So, our president decided to go on hunger strike. Come to think of it, this isn't the first time a president (an active president, that is - not a former president) goes on hunger strike in this country - although I don't remember too many details about the previous case.
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>>See, for example,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7993274.stm>
>He's not getting his way, so he's doing the equivalent of throwing a tantrum? Or a sulk? I thought most people grew out of that by the age of 3 or 4.
Sure. And I thought a hunger strike would usually be more likely to be carried out by the "underdog".
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
