Watch Taxi to the Dark Side.

No, seriously… watch it if you haven’t already.

At first, after watching this documentary, I was struck with a deep desire to find a way to get the hell out of the United States. Not so much for myself exactly… I was thinking about the family I hope to have one day, how the people in that video will be among my neighbors… I would not want my kids around them at all!

However, I didn’t create this crazy-ass situation, I’m certainly not responsible for it. I could quite possibly become a force for good and help others improve. One of the things I could do in preparation for the hoped-for family is help create a community where I feel safe raising children (after, of course, I marry the best mom-to-be that ever ever was).

Of course, children will have to deal with crazy no matter where they grow up, and hopefully I and others who have spent massive amounts of time and energy working out their histories and spreading the word about what true freedom really is will have made a bit of a dent in that crazy as well.

I still do feel the ambivalence–and perhaps I will for a long time–but it’s not nearly as extreme as it was at first.