The Age of Thersites

War and debauchery everywhere, says Shakespeare's Thersites, and the media today certainly makes the argument. But the media is not a mirror of reality. Indeed, there probably is no more debauchery in the world today than a century or several ago -- we just hear about it on a daily basis. Imagine life in the Oregon Territory when you didn't learn about the assassination of your President until weeks after it happened! It's the global village that brings all the world's atrocities to our daily attention. In fact, most of us are nicer than this.