I like your outlook. I think we share a systems-view of things
   yet not the impersonal systems-view of post-modernism but the
   very personal, very human systems view of people doing the best
   they can with the little knowledge and power they have - with
   far more grandstanding in the world than actual power. == I've
   removed MOST of my conflict-theory biases out of me over the
   years, with a few exceptions that stick to me like molasses. Hot
   topics - things I can rant about for pages and pages and pages.
   For me, it's the education system and what it does to kids and
   creativity. I've carried that with me since I *was* a kid and
   promised I'd never forget and I never did. So, I hold a candle
   for that topic and I can EASILY go all confict-theory on it. But
   thankfully, for most other topics, I can take a more
   human-centric view and even when speaking of education, all
   someone has to say to me is, "They're doing the best they can"
   and it cuts me short. ==