Perhaps it's part of the very cycle of the rise and fall of civilizations, that social norms are developed and those who disagree with them are slowly but surely quite simply removed from the gene pool until everyone agrees, and then shortly thereafter the society is destroyed from it's erroneous(sp) ways. It does certainly appear that the idea of disagreeing with the social norms of today has become a thing that's just not done anymore. Maybe 100 years ago. Then you go take your commune out in the wilderness which would eventually fail anyway. Now, not really. Seriously I don't really see it going on anywhere to any meaningful degree.

Maybe someone rants about how they hate Bush or rightwing thinking. And someone else goes on against the corporate coverage of war. Meanwhile, someone else with a hippy bent goes on about marijuana being illegal. A very very few people may even go on about the absurdity of lawn mowing, the great American pastime. But most focus on single issues and even these are few and far between. Or I just know all the wrong people. That could be it.

Still I'd do well to learn to love mowing the lawn. This year I find myself minding it less than in the past. But I think that's because I'm in better endurance shape then I've maybe ever been. Still the bamboo should be here in a couple of weeks.