I'm sorry, and I understand. But to be fair, I hardly think I was trying to assert my superiority. Rather, I tried in the best way I know how, to assert why I think we are a lot more similar in values, abilities and circumstances than is, it seems, popularly believed. I meant no offense.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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