[HipShot]

Thanks for the link, MaMaDearest. I'd make it mandatory reading if I could. :)

http://www.futurist.com/portal/future_trends/david_brin_empowerment.htm

[MamaDearest]

Thanks - it hammers home the point (snip) "The matter will fall ultimately on our own shoulders. Yours and mine."

Lieberman's quote (also snip) "The terrorists have made every citizen a soldier" is totally accurate.