I adore many individual humans, and considering even complete strangers one at a time, I can offer the benefit of the doubt to a considerable degree. I abhor us as a species, and when large groups of humans do stupid or evil things, my benefit-of-doubt mechanisms stop working and I fall back on “we suck”.
http://books.google.com/books?id=MK0-GY5Ak7MC&pg=PA88&lpg=PA88&dq=%22sock+full+of%22+%22ozy+and+millie%22&source=bl&ots=f0DznsbBEK&sig=oXYyvFEDclrOajLIz7kdKI6oC0k&hl=en&ei=GGNaS-exFISksgPps6zMBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=&f=false
Second comic from the top.
Backup link: http://dergeis.livejournal.com/319819.html
Original link: http://www.ozyandmillie.org/d/20030324.html
I’m rather the opposite. My feelings can best be summed up by a Pirates of Penzance quote rather than a webcomic:
Or Mrs. Banks in Mary Poppins: “Though we adore men individually, we agree that as a group they’re rather stupid.”
What does that mean in practical terms?
I adore many individual humans, and considering even complete strangers one at a time, I can offer the benefit of the doubt to a considerable degree. I abhor us as a species, and when large groups of humans do stupid or evil things, my benefit-of-doubt mechanisms stop working and I fall back on “we suck”.
“A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it.”—Agent K, Men in Black
(In other words: “I love humanity. It’s people I can’t stand.”—Linus van Pelt)?