the dumbing down of the population is always a possibility...ALTHOUGH as a teacher, I try not to let that happen...despite the efforts of my students to make sure it does happen. ;D There is also the fact that the book publishers are hiring idiots who don't give a damn, b/c it is just a job...and don't care about doing their jobs well.

Although there are those who might argue that the leaving of nasty reviews is to "just do their job" not caring about anything other than ripping the author to shreds...I am personally of the opinion that those are the people that need to be ripped to shreds. ;)

But then again, half the time, my opinion on people is "kill 'em all" and get them out of the gene pool...:D