That's an excellent point Dallas--I think you're correct, and I suppose that was really more wishful thinking on my part than anything. I really should have known better to even make a statement like that, because I saw it first-hand in my own neighborhood when I was simply trying to have people sign a petition to keep the US in control of the Panama Canal in 1999. You wouldn't believe how many people actually got angry, and literally slammed the door in my face! I wonder if it relates back to man's collective nature, and that as a whole people are really innately opposed to truth (John 3:19-20). I guess the Bible is pretty blunt that it takes a lot of effort to oppose this part of our nature, and that we need to stir ourselves up in order to find truth and wisdom, and that there are few that will really undertake the effort necessary to do this.

As far as the fluoride question, I certainly wouldn't be surprised if this had a lot to do with contributing to the people's passivity as well. I distill all of my own water, as I am afraid to touch anything else--bottled or tap. I think that people at work think that I am nuts when I am carrying a gallon jug of water in to drink. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" />