true dat. caring about the world too much can get you way down. Not that my activist career has been as extensive as Gil Scott Heron's, but I remember I hit rock bottom when I had spent months organizing a speaking event for Noble Obani Nwibari, a Nigerian refugee and v.p. of the Movement for the survival of the Ogoni people. This was the Shell Oil thing for those who remember a few years ago. I had flyered the hell out of campus, gotten press releases, local newspaper articles, word of mouth, etc. 50 people showed up. that's it. A week later some stupid ass comedian or somebody like that came and everybody and their mother went. That was rough. I started to see why all my seasoned activist friends were nearly alcoholics. It's hard not takin it personally. People are so apathetic and self absorbed it makes you want to scream sometimes......patience, patience, patience