Reply #4: I approve this message.

[Gregorian]

No, really this is one hell of a post. You've nailed it. Absolutely. And I too have lived with your indignation. To the point where I have had to back away (I'm still learning and trying) from the rage. Which is another subject in it's own right. And where I part ways with most who are pissed off about this subject is with "breeding" habits. It's in quotes because even here we have trouble accepting the term. There are six, nearly seven billion because "I want a baby". And yet many of us are, and have been, cringing and dying as we watch the fields turn to concrete.

Simply put, the troubles stem from unconsciousness.

As a bicyclist from way way back, I learned early on what it's like to be crapped on. Big metal boxes with tiny people inside who know the power they wield, and that I can easily be a victim. There's nothing more delightful than a bike forum member who was struck by an object which injured him, but managed to get a license number. Payback. Unfortunately we can't do that in most cases. Enron. Iraq invasion. Or how we just sat back and let the machetes fly in Rwanda.

You said it best. I just want to tag along. But just remember that rage is also an ego driven act. One can accept what is, be negative about it (like me most of the time), or change it. And being negative contaminates the environment. It's why people do the things that enrage us in the first place. The only way we can help out is if we become enlightened ourselves. It seems like a painfully slow process. But it starts with this moment. And then we start to change the media. And then we take the $400 billion that is spent on military, because everyone is so sold on fear, and we put it into schools, teachers, battery research, medical.

I've been angry long enough. It's time. Time to wake up. Because if we don't wake up, the human race is threatened. We are the most important generation that will ever live on planet earth. We decide if the planet is fit for human habitation for the rest of eternity. This is where this all ends up. We're watching the wars, the willful ignorance, and all of the rest. Because it's a wild and crazy time.