I only wish people wouldn't either take or refute my words, but would spend time studying history, instead. It is often said that one should avoid looking to closely at the process of making sausage and the political process--but that is intended to be taken rhetorically rather than actually--Orwell said something to the effect that, if you wanted to sumarize history, imagine a boot, stepping on the face of humanity--it doesn't have to always be like that, but one is hardpressed to deny that it has been like that--