John,

Why do you persist with your conflicted philosophy? On one hand you preach about the inherent goodness on mankind and on the other you dispare of mankind's ugliness and brutality.

I suggest that you are not being realistic. When in the history of human kind has there been a very long period of calm and goodness? Never. An inherant part of human nature is consprised of brutality and ugliness. It is also comprised of charity and beauty.

You need to come to terms with the ugly part of human nature and realize that goodness, of itself, will not prevail.

Phil