[Albion Wilde]

As a 19 yr old member of the air force I was given access to many things which would surprise most people. Surprised the heck outta me at the time.

Being an American used to be about honor, and it operated on an Honor System much of the time. When I think that it took 210 years before companies started having the extra expense of saftey-sealing every product on the market because of one lunatic who put poison in a bottle of Tylenol on a drugstore shelf in 1986, I feel great sorrow for the spiraling loss of the public trust so many of us enjoyed. It was unique in world history.

I think all of us are "one degree of Kevin Bacon" from doing something world-shattering at one time or another in our lives. Decisions we make in an instant can change the course of history for good or evil. It's the George Bailey phenomenon.

[abb]

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The Movement To Pardon NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden Has Begun

[gonzo]

"...I think all of us are "one degree of Kevin Bacon" from doing something world-shattering at one time or another in our lives. Decisions we make in an instant can change the course of history for good or evil. It's the George Bailey phenomenon..."

Nice turn-of-a-phrase, Albion Wilde, and truer words were never spoken. I've had a couple of those moments in my life, and chose the 'good'.

The course of history may not have changed, but 40 - 50 people are happier ............................................................................ FRegards