Originally Posted by xepherys

As I sit here looking up info on the musical Chess I realize how much things are different. Frankly, I'm not sure I'm happy with how things have turned out. Sure, the world is in conflict, just like always. But it's not at conflict with stable, common enemies. It's a crap-shoot. A free-for-all of those willing to die for no other reason than to kill others. There's no intrigue anymore, no romatic vision of espionage and spies, no pride to well up from the Olympics or the World Chess Championships. There's just life, for whatever we have to take it as.