again, a space opened up for consideration of man's abuse of fellow man
has been polarized around religion.
Yes, man's abuse of fellow man is incomplete without the well-documented history of organized religion;
and that history has enabled and support continued abuse.

It is also a fact
that abuse thrives in places where religion is unwelcome,
and I didn't read that in a book --
I learned it in a household that maintained a facade of humane tolerance
and made religion unwelcome,
while generations of abuse were as carefully sheltered
as any other part of the family legacy.