Love Was As Hardwired Into

I Loved You Backward And Forward In Time. I Loved You Beyond Boundaries Of Time And Space.

All Violence Flows From The Same Source ... The Need For Power. Power Is The Only True Morality ... The Only Deathless God, And The Appetite For Violence Is Its Only Commandment.

There Were Reprints Of American Editorials. Liberals Saw It As A Resurgence Of Social Protest And Decried The Discrimination, Poverty, And Hunger That Had Provoked It. Conservative Columnists Acidly Pointed Out That Hungry People Don't Steal Stereo Systems First And Called For A Crackdown In Law Enforcement. All Of The Reasoned Editorials Sounded Hollow In Light Of The Perverse Randomness Of The Event. It Was As If Only A Thin Wall Of Electric Lighting Protected The Great Cities Of The World From Total Barbarism.

Laws Had A Bad Habit Of Being Ignored Or Abrogated When Societal Push Came To Totalitarian Shove.

In Such Seconds Of Decision Entire Futures Are Made.