Western oil seed producers should concentrate on improving yield and productivity, instead of viewing palm oil as an economic threat and resorting to palm oil bashing.
This well-known saying is part of a phrase attributed to Benjamin Disraeli and popularized in the U.S. by Mark Twain. The semi-ironic statement refers to the persuasive power of numbers, and succinctly describes how even accurate statistics can be used to bolster inaccurate arguments.
There is a sucker born every day, according to legend and of course there are many confidence tricksters around who are all too ready to relieve them of their wealth.
The new Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd, in February 2008 offered the nation's first apology to Aborigines taken from their families for assimilation with the white community, saying the policy was a "blemished chapter" in the nation's history.