Ah yes...

If only the pessimistic negative self aggrandization of purely critical thought had been more effective over the last two thousand years... maybe we wouldn't be in the fix we're in today.

Guest... you may have carried this 'be wise as a serpent' thing well past the point of obsurdity.

antidisestablishmentarianism is the (second) longest word... but in the final analysis, it's purely reactionary and disapprovingly nostalgic... kina like slash and burn forest maintenance.

Be smart. Be nice.
ttr