So much of life is filled with conflict: traffic, workplace encounters, listservs, jobs/promotions/advancement, governments, religions… I find it increasingly having a visceral affect on me.
Newness is greeted with hostility and suspicion. Mistakes are openings for destruction, rather than constructive critiques. The worse possible interpretation is taken from an ambiguous statement which then leads to offense. [...]
Homo sapiens idaltu
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Justice and Civil Court/Chicken and Egg
The inspiration for this column comes from the recent probation of six teenagers guilty of drunkenly trashing a house in Haddonfield, NJ while the owners were away. The full story behind the $18,000 worth of damages is just as disturbing as the verdict. Not only are teenagers seeking extreme and dangerous levels of intoxication, they [...]