The Rest Is Just Commentary.......

Been talking to my friend Usman on care2. He's from Pakistan, and we're email friends. He is a Muslim, and often sends me things about Islam, and bias against Muslims in the West. I am vaguely Jewish, so it seems an odd friendship, but I believe that religious bigotry is a real problem in my country, and no matter who it's against, it's wrong. You know that quote about Nazi Germany? The one that goes, "They came for the Communists, and I wasn't a Communist, so I remained silent. They came for the Jews, and I wasn't a Jew, so I remained silent......" it keeps going, group by group, and ends, "....when they came for me, there was no one left to speak up." That's true. I speak up for the Muslims because prejudice is prejudice, no matter whom it's against. I know things aren't all hunky dory in Jewish-Islamic relations, but here in the US, at least, we need to work together to bring about a pluralistic society.
In other news, as human beings, we all need to stop trying to ruin other peoples' days, just because we are cranky for some reason. I have encountered two people who were obviously feeling bad today, and both have gone out of their way to be nasty to me. One was the cashier at the grocery store, the other was a family member. I yelled back at the former, but only after she yelled first. The latter is currently driving me insane, sending texts about how everything in my life is entirely inane. I am texting back pleasantries, though I will confess, I know pleasantries are as irritating to cranky people as her meanness is to me. I wish she would stop texting and go depress someone else.....but, no such luck thus far. I am going to go get some sushi out of the fridge, have dinner, and answer in one syllable words.