Like all such prophecies, it’s impressive only if not examined too closely. - Michael Bishop

Coercion is the tool of the desperate.

The vitality of children is clean and honest. Their petty shortcomings derive, in ninety-nine out of a hundred instances, from their effete elders’ pettiness. Contagion is a generational fact. But children can develop defenses against their elders’ spiritual scurvy simply because they’re new.

What was reprehensible in being fearful in the presence of the unknown?