Stephen Pyne: "There really is no neutral position for us. Once we seized the torch 100,000 years ago, a million years ago, whenever, once we seized that, we lost the right to walk away from it. That was the responsibility that came with the power." NOVA, "Fire Wars" (PBS, 2002) Courtesy of NOVA/WGBH-TV Boston » Return to essay. Start video clip.

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