In a message dated 12/17/98 12:24:49 PM EST, th81@umail.umd.edu writes: << Time to break free from the Ladder, and start appreciating the Tree! >> Point to remember here is that ladders exist in great abundance: every leaf on the tree is the end node of its own ladder. Ladders are not the problem; singling out the ladder that ends with _Homo sapiens_ is.