Well, there's a whole bunch of stuff I could have skipped without missing it at all. If the point was to make me appreciate that I could have skipped it, well, I can assure you that I knew I didn't want to be shot at because I knew intuitively that it would be unpleasant.

You HAVE read Teilhard de Chardin's work on the Omega Point, haven't you? It's similar, but more spiritual, than McLuhan's concept of the Global Village.

An old bull and a young bull were standing on a hill, perusing the cows grazing below. The young bull said, "Hey! Let's run down the hill and screw one of them cows!"

The old bull replied, "No, let's walk down the hill and screw all of the cows."