Cicero said, "O Tempora, O mores!" (Oh the times, oh the morals!) And that was a couple of thousand years ago. Someone, a few days ago, astutely pointed out (I accidentally deleted the post) that things are *different* and appear *escalatory* -- there were times of beheadings and burning at the stake, etc, and now we have what we have now. My opinion is shifting since mulling that one over. There's a big terrorism scare now since flight 800 and the olympics. Certainly these acts didn't kill *more* people than die in street crime daily, yet it is viewed as *escalation*. Just a thought... -- Jennifer ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]