Hello Expat,

Well said, Well said.  Sadly, come crunch time, I must agree with your statement that the ignorant will probably do in the witches/wizards that offer the best chance for them to be lead out of the darkness.  Such is life-- that is why Socrates gladly drank the hemlock.  Can we possibly be better philosophers when our time has come?

Bob Shaw in Phx,Az  Are Humans Smarter than Yeast?

Not that I like to make predictions but - 'Environmentalists talked about climate change - they are a curse upon us all in these hard times' is so much easier to accept than how we all create huge amounts of CO2 by flipping on the light switch before taking a hot shower to go to work and then shopping at a store, unwrapping and cooking the purchased food grown in various parts of the planet, and then putting the remainder in the trash and/or fridge. (and for the 3 or 4 of you who aren't living like this - just mumble 'Lord Jevon' to yourself as you sleep the sleep of the just).