"SUPPLY LIGHT AND NOT HEAT" -Wilson

It is 8:14 a.m. and Patrick is asleep at my feet.

It is neither wise nor prudent ot judge the actions or non-actions of people thru the lens of our culture and not theres. Their norms and mores were different.

Change comes slowly sometimes and with resistance.

The crowd hates to leave the comfort of the norm and venture into the unknown.

The first protestors against a status quo are viewed as rabble-rousers and troublemakers, lone anarchists bent on toppling the established order. Change is not appreciated. And the first soldiers in the movement are zealous and willing to break laws and disrupt the domestic tranquility to further their cause.

But if they persevere, some of their protests become fashionable if they can convert some respected members of society to their cause. The resistance among the uniformed lessens.

At some point the old order becomes anathema to the new truth.

Examples of this here would be Abolition, Sufferage, Negro Rights.

So the actions of any group of people must be viewed in light of these facts, takng into account the historical cultural norms of the times. Can we condemn all of Germany for the Halocaust? All of the south for Slavery? All of the Democrats for segregation? All of the Japanese for the Kami-kazis? All theMUslins for the Arab Radical Terrorists? All Americans for the Infanticide?

Maybe. Maybe not. But History doesn't hold a grudge.

-Tr-