repressed amy maybe it is the imperfections of old civilizations that keeps us from remembering them. if there's one thing that Americans are, it's imperfect, are we repressing? 020908 ... pilgrim The politics of Man Teach us nothing it would seem. History shows War after War sweeping King and Commoner Alike into the Dust of Forgetfulness. Civilizations rise, flourish, flower and fall. As this once Green World grows Old It is Swaddled in The Sands of their passing. Will Plowshare ever truly replace the Sword? Or are we truly Doomed to being Lost forever beneath the drifting Dunes, as the Jihad rages accross the Shifting Sands of time? 020909 what's it to you? who go blather from