Don't look now, but I think your LJ is being censored - there seems to be a word missing here and the only ones I can think of that fit have stars in them:
even as a society we often ourselves

Srsly, I will boost the signal on this, to the best of my ability, i.e. putting it on my Facebook (as soon as FB stops being f***ed up) and letting my S.O. know, as he's in Oz at the mo.

Do I really censor myself? Fuck no.