the common cold

this was in response to a post on the Spicy Cauldron blog. i've been thinking about it and finally decided to post it here too:

in all honesty, i hope we never find a cure for the common cold. humanity as a whole has become too arrogant already. we are far too certain of our supremacy in the grand scheme of existance. we need something to humble us every so often, and the common cold does a remarkable job of bringing us to our knees and reminding us that we are not the end all be all of existance.

--- The Dancer in the Shadows