Our time on this planet...

I have said it many times - the fundamental flaw with democracy is that the average person has no idea what is best for the country as a whole. Perhaps the most tragic result of this reality occurs when the human thirst for violence motivates wars even the moderately intelligent know to be useless. Hundreds of lives, thousands of injuries, millions of dollars of damage - all in the name of public opinion. And in the midst of one nation's rape of a country held hostage by a radical faction, the world ignores the plight of a people who have known violence their entire existence.

Our time on this planet is limited. Which other species kills for pride or dogma? We are approaching a threshold - that at which one person's ideology can bring an end to everything. A terrorist with a bullet can kill one - with a missile, hundreds - with an airplane, thousands. How long then until weapons the darkest corners of our imaginations have yet to envision become the charge of those willing to die for their cause, taking humanity with them? After 5,000 years of recorded history, is there anyone left who believes violence motivates long-term peace? Yes - there are plenty - they are the masses whose opinions form the actions of leaders helpless to act on logic - forced to act on emotion. And so Israel burns the home to kill the cockroach...and the rest of the world watches.

Our time on this planet is limited - and this planet will be better off when we are gone.