N the aftermath of the horrific terrorist attack in America, it must be obvious that the very qualities which have led to man's extraordinary success are also those most likely to destroy him.

His ruthless drive to subdue or destroy every apparent obstacle in his path does not stop short of his own fellows. And since he now possesses weapons of unparalleled destructiveness, and also lacks the built-in safeguards which prevent most animals from killing others of the same species, it is not beyond possibility that he may yet encompass the total elimination of homosapiens.

The complexities of the circumstances which provoke war and terrorism are such that no one man and no one viewpoint can possibly comprehend them all. Anyone who promises a solution to a problem so perennial is too arrogant to be trusted.

The sad fact is that we are the cruelest and most ruthless species that has ever walked the earth.

S Holmes

Crescent Road

Bolton