It's terrible to read about this, and so 'we live in a sick culture' takes on much greater weight, & most of us, here or there, can do little to prevent those who supposedly 'represent' us from continuing to (ab) use their power to do such things, in our name, & in the name of our safety! (That's certainly one of the reasons, I bet, eh Alison?) Doug Douglas Barbour Department of English University of Alberta Edmonton Alberta Canada T6G 2E5 (h) [780] 436 3320 (b) [780] 492 0521 http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/dbhome.htm Cinder of the lexical drift. Susan Howe