To some extent Seattle remains a frontier metropolis a place where people can experiment with their lives and change and grow and make things happen.
Religion is not merely the opium of the masses it's the cyanide.
You do have to change things as warfare changes.
It never occurred to me that I wouldn't go to college and have a career - as well as a family - of my own. Both my parents but especially my mother encouraged me and led me to believe that it was possible.