I read an interesting editorial in The Gazette today about the greed of North Americans. "Our children are mirror images of ourselves. Just as we are unsatiable in our quest for the best of everything that North American life has to offer - from the biggest, meanest SUV to the flattest, sharpest TV - our children know no bottom to their greed." The piece begins with an American Indian parable that goes like this:

A child asks an elder about good and evil. The elder explains that we have 2 wolves living within us. One is avaricious and proud, belligerent and argumentative, unkind and mean-spirited; the other is selfless and humble, kind and accomodating, generous and loving. These wolves are constantly fighting. Which one wins, the child asks.
The one you feed, said the elder.