> As for railing against established authority: always (or, at > any rate, mostly:). Authority usualy promotes stagnation, which > limits evolution of ideas, limits change. When change in the > universe is put to a halt by humankind, disasters are bound to > occur. (To my way of thinking authority does not like to give > up it's authority, and so tries to limit change. I'm reminded > of Parenti's Second Law of Politics: When change threatens to > rule, then the rules are changed.) > > Chris (Who fears he may be making a couple of adversaries on the > list today... Oops...;) Not from me. I respect your opinions. I got a profound insight on authority after reading (believe it or not) Louis's Cooper's Time Master trilogy (excellent books, BTW). In her world either the gods of order ruled or the gods of chaos ruled. There was no balance. When chaos returns to power, instead of wiping out all that was order, they simply stepped back and the let people of the world worship who they wanted and live their lives as they saw fit. Law and chaos are insperatable(sp) and one cannot thrive without the other. Authority is good in so long as chaos is allowed to have its part.