ambassadors, it's actually quite tepid compared to what, say, the kind of -- the kind of outrage that daniel p. moynihanpressed at the zi zionism racism at the u.n. it's passionate and tough. this is -- it's unbalanced. it won't help the peace process. instead of saying this is a moral and political outrage of the first water, it's sort of -- we're gingerly in dissecting from it. >> you would have liked to have seen a stronger response? >> oh, absolutely. yeah, i would like to see something comparable to the -- to the response to moynihan who was our ambassador to the u.n. make to the zionism racism -- i mean, the fact that i helped write his speech, it has nothing to do with i -- that i think it was so good. you should understand. >> i am canadian and i'm pleased with our government's response as well. >> harper is a good man. >> i would like to ask with regard to your understanding of conservatism in contrast to liberalism. as apparently they're very central to the thesis of your book, which i've actually just started working on. i would like to ask you to elaborate on your assertion that liberalism s