%%- Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised "for the good of its victims" may be the most oppressive. – C. S. Lewis many Asian countries have been run that way for decades already, in one form or another. some Western ones are also getting there. %%- War is a defeat for humanity. – Pope John Paul II this last pope had much more sense than the current one who is the religious counterpart of warmongering neocons. %%- damn! should've studied political science. not only would i have enjoyed it tremendously, but also could've done well as an excellent scholar in that field, without all the psychological hang-ups later. instead, as a victim of the circumstances of the 60s and 70s, took up boring things like math, engineering, computer...all the stuff that went against my natural aptitude and potential. anybody who's interested in world affairs, drop by antiwar.com.