[link|http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=abattoir&db=*| abattoir]-game which we seem unable to kick. After Dubya and the Horsemen of the Apocalypse finish rampaging through Saddam's bailiwick - and the Sunnis & Shiites decide whether to off each other next? or join forces to off the multiple Christian franchises? or the Israelis via Pakistan or India AND the Israelis via ____?

Then we'll have another decade or so of young kids groomed for suicide by devout trainers and readied for other missions of mischief - only better equipped with more-nicely miniaturized Corporate bomblets; Nintendo-controlled so they can bomb multiple times before the final pass to the virgins.

Only solution I can see on horizon is a Summit Meeting. Change the rules for all players:

No more claiming One Gawd and She's Ours - on pain of stake-burning or crucifixion (offender's choice). Anything less than ~this: more of the same, ad nauseum. We kick the habit of Exclusivity or watch the heaped dead burned bodies on Tee Vee \ufffd l\ufffd Vietnam - over and over and over. I see Mass Stupidity and I'd like to see instead, a massive clue X four self-administered (if any adults still around.. recall what Shame feels like). If that constitutes 'annoyance'? - You betcha.

There's a billion or more out there who are just as disgusted with the priestly game and its mindless repetitive record. We thus-far haven't built any huge meeting halls and elected idols: but just maybe... if That's what it Takes, finally?

Got a better idea?


Ashton