[GreenHornet]

“You read the papers and you’re led to believe that the world is a big, scary place," Austin wrote. “People, the narrative goes, are not to be trusted. People are bad. People are evil." “I don’t buy it," he continued. "Evil is a make-believe concept we’ve invented to deal with the complexities of fellow humans holding values and beliefs and perspectives different than our own... By and large, humans are kind. Self-interested sometimes, myopic sometimes, but kind. Generous and wonderful and kind.”

Well, gee whiz....didn't they explain this to the five terrorists who jumped out of the car and came after them?

[Paul R.]

By and large, humans are kind.

Well, yes, in over 60 years of life here in the middle if the USA, I find that to be true also, BUT, it is still necessary to watch out carefully for the rather significant minority of humans who are not so nice.

For most of us this is somewhat like being a 4" bluegill in an average pond: maybe 80% of the rest of the fish in that pond are not a threat (especially if you stay clear of spawning beds and such.) But, that other 20 %...

THESE fools, however, decided they'd be little bluegills and go visit a lake full of gar...