"When a dog pisses on a fire hydrant it is not committing an act of vandalism. It's simply being a dog."

That's the only piece of philosophy I have to add to this thread.

From Ebbie's link: "One hopes Andre Bauer's words will provide a wakeup call - in South Carolina and elsewhere - for people who have been down too long and fooled too often, that it will encourage them to organize their votes, raise their voices, push their issues into the public discourse. In America, one is invisible and powerless only so long as one chooses to be."