I hear what you are saying.  Seems like I have to run for office before my country spins out of control.  I still can't believe what happened in the Massachusetts Election (Centerfold Republican wins...).

I loved the part in Avatar when the Marine woman pilot stopped killing innocents and said I didn't sign up for this.  I also like the part when she said you are not the only one with a gun.

But the idea of Mother Earth or Pandora in this case being a Alive with a network of tree roots acting like a brain more sophisticated than a human being was mind blowing.