and actually, I got ONLINE in 1989, 5 yrs before you entered the
   Timestream. I'm 43. I was born in 1972 - I've seen a LOT of
   amazing changes. In fact, I _expect_ change and I can
   confidently say, I am a futurist because I've seen my childhood
   dreams come true, and my dreams are coming true every day that I
   see more and more of the society interacting online and
   discarding their old ways. The internet is my home and I know it
   well smile emoticon == I suppose the difference is: If I want to
   make an impact on gun control and terrorism, I'd: a) Make myself
   an Authority b) Find out who to contact c) Contact them d) Start
   making change. Well, really what I'd do is create a place to
   GATHER the people I want to contact together and discuss it with
   them online and together, make change. Same idea. I'm more of a
   match-maker anyway. == Respect for fellow human life is the
   problem. You don't respect your fellow human? Killing them is
   easy. I'm not talking about pro-life abortion stuff by the way.
   I'm talking about how you view other humans. == This is where
   humanistic values are important. It has little to do with
   religion and more to do with secular humanist values. ==