Peter, once in a great while I hit upon something that fits the situation. Its rare I know, but it does happen. We were all just kids. The checkerboard analogy fits.

......from previous posts:

Realizations came at different times and in different ways to different people, and suddenly, we were no longer kids. We were forced to become adults and not always thinking ones. No matter where you stood, you were still a pawn in someone's game and the damned thing was, you were still trying to figure out the squares on the board. And what was the problem with those damn squares anyway? They were supposed to be black or white weren't they? They used to be! Now, somehow they had all changed to various and varying shades of gray. We moved about as best we could and by the best lights we could muster.

NO decision was easy.

Spaw