TechNoir's Eulogy

I appreciate and admire Lincoln as much as anyone. I do damn prior generations for their short-sightedness however each time I set foot on an Indian reservation or when I consider the political outcomes in places like Hawaii, Vietnam, India, Pakistan, Israel, Iran, Iraq, Kosavo, Germany, South Africa, or about 250 other places where well-meaning people made compromises that made perfect sense at the time, but for which future generations would eventually have to pay.