[Kobi]

*Looks at Sparkle and smiles.*

As a recovering Catholic with some knowledge of the Bible, it kind of amazes me how scandals of any sort seem to fit a familiar pattern - scandal erupts, scapegoat must be found, scapegoat must be sacrificed, the sacrificial lamb symbolicly brings atonement and justice (whatever that might be), and on and on it goes.

The process of atonement and justice is reminescent of the Roman coliseums with man against man or man against beast for the entertainment of the masses. In some weird way, the masses find justification and absolution in this process. Kind of a bizarre cleansing ritual where we feel elevated above our human flaws that make such scandals and despictable behavior possible in the first place. Kind of a holier than thou kind of thing.

I often wonder how many times we have each had to make decisions where our values and ethics were challenged by something outside of ourselves? How often does our workplace demand a loyalty and a way of doing things which compromises us? How many times do the various laws of the land put us in conflict? How many times have we done the wrong thing for what seemed at the time to be the right reasons? How many times did we have the courage to say NO and face the consequences of doing so?

It aint easy being a people. Sometimes we are spectacular. Sometimes we suck. Sometimes we even defy words or descriptions. Sometimes life seems to be a reality show.

Do we have the right to judge? To speculate? I dunno. Is more of a question day than an answer day.