I read Moby Dick again recently, cementing my view concerning man’s most devastating foible, revenge. Most misery in the world comes from both personal and collective forms of vengeance. The worst ever experienced was WWII (70 million dead) which began with Germany seeking revenge for WWI, which in turn, began over revenge concerning an assassination and so on. We see it everyday not only in the Middle East and Africa but in the execution chambers across America. We see it these days with a President going to war because, “he tried to kill my Daddy.” One would think that if there were a God he would do something about this most debilitating form of human blood lust. Perhaps he could come on down to Earth (or at least send a representative in his name) to teach us all how awful it all is, that there is a better way. But human nature being what it is we would probably nail that touchy feel good liberal to a dead tree.