Thank god for professors -- experts in the such-and-such. If the world about us starts crumbling noticeably, we can just turn to them and listen to them say something, anything, moderate and reasonable, and we'll continue on until societal fractures inspire enough doubt to demand another calm-down (visit). We are a nation that is beginning to "switch" and find people and behavior everywhere that can no longer be tolerated. If you're young, believe in peace, pot, and living your dreams, push ahead, but fear your "neighbor" -- they're beginning to wish they could send you to Afghanistan to war and die, and to realize that it's well within their power to do so. Link: Fear and Murder in Vancouver (the Tyee)