I know Martin. Let him rant--'cause what he says, or indeed, he himself, just do not matter any more than his one vote. George Bush is out there showing people what the world will look like when everyone thinks like Martin Gibson. Seeing him in the full daylight is the best assurance that the youth of the USA will realize those views ought to be put to rest. Every generation needs to see that danger for themselves though. That takes a little time. Then, eventually, an Emiliano Zapata or a George Washington or an F.D.R. comes along. When the kids are ready to hear what it means to be truly humane, those lucky enough to be alive then will live through the best of times instead of those worst of times Kipling also wrote of. It's those "worst of times" that turned the old Chinese saying, "May you live in interesting times" into the proverbial CURSE that it is.--------- I prefer May you live in the best of times. That's a matter of luck, mostly. Then, those others we decry here, hopefully, will be long gone !

Art Thieme