- Terry BallantyneSurrogate GoalsSeptember 16, 2017I worry that there is a pervasive and wicked sickness threading silently through our society. I believe it may be born of having too many choices and not enough threat to our physical existence so that we are focused always on minutia. "I don't like this or that," "he/she was rude to me, " "how dare they do that". Such righteous indignation over minor infractions or slights. When suddenly Irma swooped in, all of that was off the table and our best instincts surfaced...