...a reason to be hopeful.

Go back far enough, and you'll find that our ancestors thought it was all right to have an economy based in large part on slave labor. Or to stone a woman to death for what was deemed an immoral act. Or to judge someone to be a witch and hang 'em or burn 'em at the stake. Or to go on a Christian crusade to murder Muslims. Or to allow royalty to rule by divine right. Our American ancestors, of which we are proud, even hypocritically declared that all men are created equal. Yes, today we look back on these practices as wrong. Even as horrible crimes perpetrated by societies. And I'm wondering if centuries from now we'll deem societies that encouraged an ever-widening gap between the rich and the poor as sort of sinful. As morally wrong. After all, we seem to have changed some of our attitudes dramatically over the course of time. And really, I think that most of us will admit that many of the changes have been for the better. We've recognized wrongs and made them right. Looks to me like it's an endless process...but a reason to be hopeful. --Jim Broede