I think I'm gonna just start filtering the phrase "if everybody could just" on Birdsite.

That seems to be a pretty good rule of thumb for identifying Bullshit, up with which I need not Put.

No, everybody could not just alter their entire set of life habits or take on a whole new crusade just to make you feel better about your little symbolic world.

Unless it's littering. Nobody should litter.

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Believe me, there are all sorts of things I would love for you fuckers to start doing for me and for the world.

But all I *really* ask of you is to put up with my own weird choleric habits, and other than that, I hope I'm generally fairly content to let you go on and be your maddening selves. :)

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