Environmental Research Affected by Bernie Madoff's Alleged Crimes

"Can anything good come out of Galilee?"

As one of those people who really think in pictures and then formulate words to describe the pictures they see, I have a real problem dealing with people like Good Riddance. That's because the image I hold in my mind of people who think like the "Good Riddance" guy above is never complete. What I see in my mind is half a man, it's always been like that from childhood. Some people make lop-sided arguments occasionally, that's human error, but then there are the bigots who find it so painful to be even-handed or balanced.

To me these are the real perverts, because their very intellect has been made dysfunctional by their all or nothing thinking. To them nothing good can be happen to or come from people they call enemies, and nothing bad can be ascribed to people they call friends. Everything is seen throught the prism of their likes and dislikes.

If they are prejudiced against Blacks, then there's no compassion for black innocent children. If they are prejudiced against Whites, then there's no sadness when a young white teenager dies after crashing his dad's BMW into a tree. If they are rich there's no compassion for the poor. If they are poor a rich young woman is a "rich bitch." If they are Conservative, the thought of Liberals losing money that goes to alleviate the suffering of innocents is occasion for rejoicing.

In all my years I've seen a few bigots switch allegiances, but I have never seen a bigot lose his bigotry. I used to ask myself why on earth would someone choose to be half a person, seeing only half of the big picture. The answer, of course, is that nobody chooses to be that way, that's how they've been shaped. They can however choose to change. Some do, some don't! and that's the way the cookie crumbles.

brerlou of MA 4:45AM December 18, 2008