Hinder not my rant, you miscreant! 🙂

Things are never as simple as a nice, visceral, gut reaction. I know that- but sometimes, it feels good to let that gut reaction flow.

Living in the lower mainland, I suppose I get a bit more of the “cultural mosaic” speech than I’m comfortable with. We have three or four “middle eastern man’s young wife suddenly bursts into flames due to strange circumstances” a year here. Each time, we are initially told not to jump to conclusions…and every incident I’ve heard of ends up being a case of the husband, his family, or a close male relative killing the wife due to her not complying to their expectations. And strangely, it never seems to end in jail time: the murderers all seem to have valid passports and have fled the country by the time the facts become evident.

Yet I’m expected to smile and nod my head about the wonderful cultural benefits we get from encouraging people to maintain their unique differences. Sometimes it stretches me a bit thin.

Bottom line- humans suck. If I ruled the world, I’d load them all into a leaky tin can and fire them at the sun. All except the good ones. And I’d decide who the good ones are 😉