> How many children died today, needlessly, from socio-political-economic disregard? > > What economic distortions ruined how many lives today? I fail to see what this has to do with the discussion...Are you saying all current discussions of film and philosophy, which I was quite enjoying, should be killed off in favour of some kind of social activism? > The things I read here suggest you all return to Plato and think about the shadows on the wall in the terms he set out. Say, isn't there some part of The Republic where all the children born without the sanction of the guardians are left to die from exposure? That kind of socio-politico-economic disregard? Give me a break. Sarah B