[gbog]

> conflict is the natural law of things. if you keep suppressing it for too long, the backlash will get even bigger.

Yes, but we civilized humans, with the helps of centuries, went against nature, and decided we are no beasts. We instituted Justice, the Law, moral frameworks, and many other things that are human-made patches to Nature.

Do you think it is in vain?

If you had a disabled kid at arm's length today, would you propose we avoid supressing the law of nature for too long, and let natural selection do its work? (Which results in the quick death or starvation of the disabled and the weaks, FYI).

[mattlutze]

Current events would indicate that the world has not changed as much in the last 20 years as you would seem to portend.

I think that the inherit youth of the readership here (mind you, I count myself as part of it) may blind us somewhat to the fragility of the relative peaceful period we're experiencing around the world.