“I have now gone through the immense scenes of revolutions that the world has experienced since the time of Charlemagne; and to what have they all tended? To desolation, and the loss of millions of lives! Every great event has been a capital misfortune. History has kept no account of times of peace and tranquility; it relates only ravages and disasters.” Voltaire (Essay on the Manners and Spirit of Nations) 1766 Colin Kaepernick Here we are then. A new 'character' in the