Originally Posted by Maelochs

Truly enjoyed the Shakespeare .... Romeo killed himselef to "be with" his unconscious girlfriend ... who later killed herself to "be with" her stupid suicidal boyfriend. Just a stupid guy doing stupid things because he lacked all perspective and refused to think before acting based entirely on emotion ... then his teenage girlfriend, who seemed so clever in faking death, stabbed herself, showing how stupidity is contagious.

The true poison is ignorance---"Against ignorance, the gods themselves strive in vain," said some self-absorbed and wholly delusional pseudo-philosopher who didn't live the life he preached ..... and willful ignorance is the most toxic ... I call it 'The American Disease."