Loopholes are supposed to be for the clever and

favored few who take advantage of "civilized"

society for the benefit of society,

like lawyers, accountants, film makers,

and entrepreneurs.

Criminals are a given, as they help

fuel the newsreader's companies,

but somethings are just beyond the pale

and them are called terrorism.

Nevermind that historically,

the ancestors of the outraged

had no problem self-righteously,

with "superior fire power" on their side,

spreading as much terror as they could,

all in the name of "progress".


War, on the other hand, is always excusable,

because, being a nation,

somebody has to be on the "other side".

And sometimes, at least, the shooting enemy

is easier to understand than those who

stand behind words and ideals

and snipe away.


In the end,

it's all adults on each side,

with the children in between.

And the children always lose.