rone | i hate to even address it

But i'm certain that somewhere between "If you hate America so much, why don't you leave?" and "America had this coming because of its arrogant behavior" lies the truth. And i think the truth was fittingly spoken by a fool named Rodney King: "Why can't we all just get along?"

We, as a race, don't seem to be concerned with politeness and looking at the big picture and at the long run. But we pretend to, and that's good enough to satisfy us. And our luck and leeway slowly runs out. I don't know how long it'll be until things reach a breaking point; it's unlikely it'll happen in my lifetime. But i wouldn't bet against it happening three generations from now.

And you know what? It's probably not going to be a big deal in the really long run. Hundreds of thousands, maybe millions, of people will die. But not too many. So we'll recover. And with a little luck, we'll be smarter about it this time around.