You watch the videos of the carnage and there are people running TOWARDS
the destruction to help out.... This is a giant planet and we're lucky to
live on it, but there are prices and penalties incurred for the daily
miracle of existence. One of them is, every once in awhile, the wiring of a
tiny sliver of the species gets snarled and they're pointed towards
darkness. But the vast majority stands against that darkness and, like white
blood cells attacking a virus, they dilute and weaken and eventually wash
away the evil doers and, more importantly, the damage they wreak. This is
beyond religion or creed or nation. We would not be here if humanity were
inherently evil. We'd have eaten ourselves alive long ago. So when you spot
violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety
misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and think, "The good
outnumber you, and we always will."
Patton OswaltFacebook
post responding to Boston bombing
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