Medicine

There are many great sadnesses in the world: The loss of a child or parent; the loss of a love to another; the pain of separation; the loss of of honour and pride. Somewhere far down this rank must sit the sadness of experiencing the hypocrisy of human politics: The maintenance of a view point in disagreement with the reality of a given situation -- the studied use of rules and regulations to keep from facing the disease and instead, only treating the symptoms.