What she said

If we can remember this, remember that the "family" and the "village" are not mutually exclusive, that my rights and yours do not need to cancel each other out, that the interests of mothers and children are not at odds, then I think we will become a better society. I hope that as the arc of history bends towards justice more of us will change our lives to look outward, to form alliances and friendships, to consider the needs of others, including those who are very different from ourselves. That we will develop empathy.

Dr. B. says what I’ve been thinking. Go read the whole thing. Speaking of empathy, last week’s episode of This American Life ("After the Flood," a program consisting entirely of eyewitness accounts of post-Katrina New Orleans) ought to be required listening for anyone who panics at the thought of "looters" (like, maybe, the entire population of Gretna).

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