As a child, I remember how I used 2 simulate rain for all the little ants in the Kitchen walking by the wall carrying particles of food around. And apart from the learning that "Ants once wet, wriggle out of water drops more easily than Ants that are dry", I guess I used to get real sadistic delight in poking my nose into their business... This delight manifested itself in the form of putting stuff onto the ants path, blowing at the marching ants n simulating a storm, and even adding more particles of food to the already heavy payload being carried !! And everytime I did such a thing... the poor ant wud fight its way thru n finally continue on its daily routines... This always made me say ... "Dumb Animals" (picture me with a grin as develish as can get :D).

Being in the country that I am now, this nature seems so prevailant around here that I could not help but meditate over the thought. Only here, its no longer Ants we are talking about... its People and Countries!! It is so common here for a person to decide if some1 is innocent or guilty, if some country shud have Nuclear Weapons or not, and even to the extent if some1 like Saddam Hussein shud live or die ! And now that I think back... just like I had nothing better to do than play GOD with ants who cud not evn dream of hurting me in anyway... these guys too have absolutely no other work!!

BTW: If u guys r still wondering how wet ants manage to get out of water drops easily, its coz wet ants have much less surface tension to break than the dry ones :)

Ouch Santy, u just struck a very sensitive chord.

I feel Parents will play GOD... coz dats wot tey do!!. Its upto the child 2 know ver 2 draw the line n say... From here.. starts MY Life. Unfortunately children dont want 2 risk taking responsibility of their own lives... and so....the saga continues

Komal,

Looks like u have been thinking REALLY deep about this "Playing God" stuff !!