I'd just like to throw the weight of my own sentiment behind Smethy on this one. And I have to say that I am continually shocked at the flippant dismissal towards OUR MESS that so many people who call themselves liberals display. It's not as if you COULD just walk away anyway.
*edit* I see, Roachboy covered that last statement.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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