Letters to the Editor
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Doubt anyone's still readin, so I can be honest...
I specifically recall being "taught" at some college sensitivity thing or consciousness-raising or something that (and I quote the point that was driven home):
"All men, in the right circumstances, can rape."
Well, I thought to myself, not much point in trying to figure out who the "bad guys" are if that's the point of this meeting.
But what's with the word "can"?
I read a lot. I know a little bit about history and the general human condition. Seems to me that over the course of a human being's life, they might end up doing all kinds of things. Some of those things are the sort of things that get applauded, and others get prosecuted. But one way or the other--people often find themselves in the damnedest situations, doing things they never dreamed of doing.
Ayep. Folks'll always keep you guessing.
So even when it comes all to it, a "normal" person might do something "abnormal." Best for everyone to be aware of this, and most significantly, to seek an understanding of their own worst impulses.
You'll have them forever, whether you ever want to understand them or not. You can be a better person by understanding your own horrors.