>Rather than people chiming in on what they think or feel about
>something, they pontificate like pundits about what masses of
>people will do in a period of time from now.

*nods furiously*

Very nicely put, sir. Sometimes our role in all of this is to see horrifying crimes (passive and active, in the case of the hysterectomy post) committed against our friends and neighbors and to say, loudly and often, that it's evil.