[butterdezillion]

If there was a danger of the cognoscentis’ children being blown to bits if they didn’t step out of their comfort zone.... do you think the discomfort of grief would outweigh the discomfort of the gas bubble?

Things stay the same until it becomes unbearable.

Like Braveheart’s statement, “You know what happens if we don’t do anything.” When asked, “What?” he answered, “Nothing.”

Do you think the people in your instance thought not enough was at stake?

[PowderMonkey]

"Do you think the people in your instance thought not enough was at stake?"

Oh, there was plenty at stake. Suffice it to say serious enough for me to come forward and risk my career, and the lives of my wife and kids over it. Something I never would have done had I been aware of the extent of official complacency and cowardice in DC. I paid a heavy price in the years that followed, but "I'm still here, you bastards. I'm still here." They're the ones having to peer over their shoulder, and wait for the other shoe to drop. Not me.