here's my real opinion. i agree with osuche mostly. education is the key but not the book-smart education part so much, just the life skills part, and they need to be culture specific, too. teaching a zulu how to fix a nutritious meal for a family using a pound of processed cheese and a can of tuna isn't useful but teaching him about diseases--more specifically how not to get them---is very useful. guidance won't always fix the bigot or the zealot but it will help curb abuse, hunger, sickness, and intolerance.
(although if we could fix the fact that peeps don't give a shit without any bad side effects, i still think it's a great ieda)

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some fairly sordid tales, rambles, and anecdotes
Hypothetically Speaking * Something More * Cammy Interrupted * An Experimental Vacation * Masked * so..damn..hot * Thank You * My toy, his idea * no.19 Maple Lane * I Have A Surprise For You * Yesterday * In a Quiet Kitchen * help me decide * untitled prose * more untitled prose