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Gary,
I think it's very apt. Thank you for sharing it, I'll place it in my collection.
It's also true that you can't strengthen the weak by fighting their battles for them, unfortunately. You might be able to prevent the injustice you see, and then the next time--when you're not around--that person whose battle you fought will not have any more ability to protect themselves than they had before.
As for the story my guide told me, I'm stymied in my search because I can't spell the name of the canyon she was referring to. Will have to try to find it on a map and try again with Google.
What I did discover is that the Din'e (Navajo) and Hopi peoples are involved in a long-standing dispute over some of the lands in question. Maybe that's what she was referring to, in which case I don't know the right of it. Before the US government began interfering, inter-tribal warfare would have settled it. Guess they can't do that now.
In any case, I probably won't tilt at this particular windmill. Who was it who said 'pick your battles'? I'm past the age when I thought I could right all the wrongs in the world. Guess I'll just keep tilting at the credit industry.
Cheri
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