> The West was really at a low point in those times. We don't seem so far from them, conceptually or temporally. There is a need for a serious sit-and-think a

> The West was really at a low point in those times. We don't seem so far from them, conceptually or temporally. There is a need for a serious sit-and-think about whether we are slouching our way toward Big Brother. Would that the answer were a solid: "No, we are NOT creating Big Brother inadvertently."