"Cutting the budget for the space program really restores my faith in humanity."
"Why's that?"
"It eliminates dreams, goals, and ideals, and lets us get straight to the business of hate, debauchery, and self-annihilation."
John Hart, BC
page by Geoffrey A. Landis, 2005. I saw this cartoon, framed, on the wall in Joe Haldeman's bathroom. I don't usually like BC much, but that particular one struck me as dead-on. Thanks, Joe!