Guest, I think we are just reading each other the wrong way. I agree with 90% of what you said in your last post. I have to say, this is the first post from you that I (emphasis on I) feel is more subtance than B.S. Your heart and mind is in the right place, and I do applaud you.

The one area we disgree with is on changing the system from within. While I agree wholeheartedly with your assessment about changing the hopes, aspirations and imaginations of people, but I do feel that people need to do SOMETHING more than just THINK differently. Action creates change.

You also said one thing - "Changing hearts and minds is really difficult. Which is why I try capturing hearts and minds with ideas, hope, and some humor, rather than imposing doctrine and party lines upon them, and "should" strategies, and forcing people to change their minds against their better judgment just to conform with the mainstream."    Terrific! I think that is a great summary of what needs to happen in world, but I do want to point out that in our discussions you have gone against that thought. Please do not shut out the ideas of others. You were very eloquent above and thought like that CAN affect people.   But many of your posts have put up walls around you and turned off many of us.   You should be yourself, but don't forget that there are others.   

Keep it up! I hope you will share more thoughts like the above.