From Beauty Dish...

One day, a bad bad day, when many soldiers lost lives in that distant senseless war, my middle son stood with barefeet on the cold tile floor of the kitchen, listening to NPR, and clenched his fists in frustration.

"Why don't they stop fighting? We're never going to join a Federation of Planets if this continues. Don't they know that? Why don't they want to help end starvation instead? I wish we lived in the future."

It's true, isn't it? I think of this often. Every time I see some showing of all the strife in the world, I think "Boy, don't these people know we're destined for something better?".

And yeah. It's just a show. But still. I used to get teased about "I bet you wish Star Trek really happened" and all that shit. But isn't it true? I mean, who wouldn't want us to be set on a course towards that future? No sign of all the BS that people get killed for around the world nowadays.