It may be an error. It is expression of my opinion of uncertainty and fear visited upon the world: leader of western democracy turned upside-down, its two parties demolished or set adrift from their strong moorings, looming frustration from the impossibility of one man independently removing greed and hatred to improve the lives of all Americans.

Christ's mission was to make us our brother's keeper, to love, to set aside differences, follow the commandments and golden rule. For all that, we may not have had his example---or Christianity itself--- if it hadn't been for his betrayer, his execution and his promises.

The same people who gave the world Obama gave the world Trump. Americans may forget or don't know the extent of which the world is wrapped in America's destiny or why Canadians participate vigorously on its deliberations on this forum. My point is our human frailties are the same as those Christ railed against two thousand years ago..

Rightly or wrongly, justified or otherwise, on the evidence the "global village"---coined by Canadian Marshall McLuhan, I believe---is rent more by divisions of our free will than in Christ's time, descending lower and lower in human values. You're patient, Stan. I seek better in my lifetime. Hence, the "couldn't"---not to denigrate any one or any creed.