"The time has come," the Walrus said,
"To talk of many things:
Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--
Of cabbages--and kings--
And why the sea is boiling hot--
And whether pigs have wings."
We have even more things to talk of than the Walrus, the Carpenter and Lewis Carroll. That guy was unable to watch CNN. He may well have given no thought to the future of democracy or of our home planet.
With such an array of possible topics,distractions and interests, we must be prepared to pare. Without watching the latest tv show or reading that interesting-sounding book, without tasting all the dishes on the menu, we must march forward, resolute but continually bathed in ignorance of all the alternatives. Stubbornly asserting our right to try without possessing all the answers and even without all the questions, let's carry on!
