RickyD, The "nonsense of the past", as you put it, got us to where we are today. Prime example of repeating ignored history. Just a crying shame to watch us follow the lead of Italy, Greece, Spain, and the rest of Europe.....eagerly. Andy3
Don't believe for a moment those countries aren't also wallowing in their history both flawed and magnificent, unable to move forward into the hard realities of the present, just as we are. And we can't learn from that, as we witness it but prefer to re-fight a war, every participant would have strongly preferred to avoid once involved. Communal insanity is still insane.