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She wasn't angry--she was distraught. In utter amazement that the gov't would allow such a spectacle of refrection to happen, and for years, too... that only now she saw the light seeping out of the ground makes her fear what else The Man is withholding from her. Why won't you think of the children, man? Our grandchildren don't deserve to inherit a world teeming with rainbows, and it's our responsibility as able adults to see that they don't, for a better tomorrow, don't you see? She saw it.
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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi
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