Where will it all end?

Achtung: rambling! I have NO idea WHAT got into me when I wrote this... but I did write it... and it makes sense to me after re-reading it a few times.... :-/
So anyway, this is exactly what I mean when I say I ramble a lot... read at your own risk! *long liability release notice deleted for everyone's good*

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Where will this all end? It's a question asked over and over again in the history of humanity, every time in different contexts; screamed in despair and defeat as enemies surrounded us. Muttered in irritation by a man stressed to exhaustion with life. Whispered like sweet honey from lovers' hopeful lips. Gasped helplessly, time and time again, as we face the horrible truth about the terror and corruption we call our world. We feel a sort of numb disbelief. Is it possible for humanity to fall so far? It there ever someone who can become entirely consumed by hate? Is there ever a clear antagonist... clear black and white, good vs. evil? Or do we all find ourselves somewhere in the grey region between what is pure and holy and what is completely, utterly, fearfully wrong?

"We didn't start the fire,
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning.
We didn't start the fire,
No we didn't light it,
But we tried to fight it."
~ Billy Joel
(thanks, Brendan :) )