Nearly everybody I’ve ever met longs for someone they can never have.  This includes me.  Therefore I would like to lodge a complaint to whoever is in charge of these matters to the effect that hanging a dead albatross around our collective necks is a potential public relations nightmare.  On behalf of Amnesty International, I hereby respectfully suggest that you cease and desist your interference in our affairs.  Here are some ideas to consider next time you're drinking your uniquely individual version of the Great American cup of coffee...

We are the degraded.
We are the killers of the peacemakers.
We freely sell our souls.
We waste our time.
We pull the wings off insects.
We do what we are told.
We respond to violence.
We stood by and did nothing.
We ate the last piece of cake and lied about it.
We pretended to listen.
We left well enough alone.
We know better.
We gave at the office.
We never thought this could happen.
We wouldn’t associate with people like that.
We made our beds and now we will lie in it.

    Some of us were sold on the idea that there is only one truth, and that this truth applies to everybody, regardless of circumstance.  So this is dedicated to all those who are blacker than black and whiter than white who cannot accept what everybody else already knows: that the best way to keep the Nazis at bay is not to be one.  Of course, you are free to disagree.

Hoek.