Well, when I use "we" what I mean to do is accept my portion of the blame for things being what they are. Meaning, as I see it "we" are all guilty and I don't mean that in a Catholic guilt or Christian "we are all born sinners" way but really that "we", all of us as Americans, have participated in creating and enjoying a lifestyle that is basically fairly self centered and wasteful. There are no innocents in this world, just victims and victims waiting to be victims. Now that's pretty dark, I know, but accepting the responsibility for what has come to pass allows "us" to work toward a solution. Denying responsibility for any of it, even if it was not me personally that poisoned a stream or bombed innocent civilians half way around the world seems to say "I don't have any control over what happens in this world so fuck it!" and if I do that...well...somebody else will always be there to say "I do have control over this world and I will bomb, poison, steal from, anyone I please."

Even those of us with the best intentions cannot claim to have no guilt and if we do we are fooling ourselves and allowing the "daddy complex" to take over...someone bigger, more important, stronger, better than me, or worse than me but with more power and money (or a God) will deal with it whether I like it or not!

So, the "we" is meant to say, it does not matter who we blame, we all still have to swim in the same pond...and even if it was someone else who pissed in it, we have to accept the fact we are going to swim in and own that piss now too.

No backing down, no surrender, nobody is innocent...that's the "we" I meant, full acknowledgement I am part of and one with the mess...