I remember, in school, we had these occasional writing exercises, where the teacher would give us a topic, and we were to right a page or so on that topic. One topic I remember was basically, "if a fire were about to destroy all that you own, and you could save only one thing, what would you save?" Back then, I gave some childish answer, but now I know the right answer, maybe not for anyone else, but the right one for me. In that situation, I'd save the fire. Within the flames lie the memories of all that would be lost, and so long as the flame remains, the memories can never die. The fire isn't a literal force, it isn't even a concept... It's freedom from materialism, something that's so often lost in modern society. People always want what's newest and what's best, and they get to depending on technology. Who needs a bunch of stuff when you can have a quiet space you can think in, and spend time with the people who matter most? That's what's wrong with society. It's not carbon footprints, or violence in the media, or anything like that. It's that people have forgotten what's really important, and they refuse to realize it until everything's taken away. Throw a natural distaster at people, and they'll get close to their family quick. Average day, though, a family's about as close as matter and anti-matter, and the results of getting them together ends up about the same... Maybe eventually people will realize that. Just too bad that nobody listens to the one's who know what they're talking about... Damn horror movie cliches based on reality... --Screaming the Anarch's Cry