Great intro, thank you Kush!

We even managed to ruin the sand in the desert.

Heh. Yep.

This is probably the single most important decision I've made in my life. Rather than just agreeing with one side of a story I learned to read all the points of view on a given situation and this taught me how to discern whatever truth is available there for myself.

Very well said.

The system isn't broken, its working just fine.

Indeed.

Following.