VERSION|0.5.1|NAME|Stonyground|DATE|1363463748|CONTENT|The saying that it is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness was referred to by Carl Sagan in his book The Demon Haunted World. I don&#039;t know where the saying came from but I suspect that it may be very old. The theme of the book was that science was like a candle in the darkness of ignorance and superstition.

Regarding the actual joke, pretty much anyone who was not a godidiot would have mended the fuse. Godidiots and only godidiots pray and pontificate about problems instead of sorting them out. I think that Catherine scored a bit of an own goal there. |EMAIL|elizabeth@iww1967.wanadoo.co.uk|IP-ADDRESS|95.150.29.96|MODERATIONFLAG|