This is especially true of truths told by airborne bigmouths whose bullet-riddled bodies are always the first to be tossed out the emergency exit by the terrorists. But, please do mouth off. It may make you about as popular as a gas attack in a crowded elevator. Still, if you don't voice your beliefs, it's as if you don't have any. Like many of my friends, I've always been a minor revolutionary.
Diplomatic liposuction increases the truth's appeal.
My friend David Wallis is the person I turn to when I'm in diplomatic distress. A few weeks ago, David was lugging a huge hardcover biography about Gandhi to a cafe when he spotted a pedestrian nonchalantly tossing a receipt onto the sidewalk. David stopped the guy. David was prepared to use Gandhi to pound the guy to a bloody pulp. Instead, he took a deep breath.