People can be good and yet do and say some awful stupid and weird things. I have known many people that show a soft and warm side, yet be as fundamentally and morally opposite to my core beliefs as day is to night. I used to argue environmental issues with a older gentleman while I worked the counter of my restaurant. I would always pour him a free cup of coffee while trying to argue the existence of global warming. I respected his right of mind, and loved it when he introduced me to his grandchildren, as they were my children's age. He really was a political bastard, arguing for torture and loved his Bush, but also loved to try out his skills with me every morning while I set up shop. He was gracious and polite, as I was and we kudoed each other on well constructed points, as hard as that was at times. He died last year, and I visited his family at his funeral home. We had a warm talk and his family told me how much my talks had meant to him, he called me his renegade buddy. Apparently our talks are what energized him in the mornings.
But reading some diaries here yesterday, maybe he was evil. Or so I have been led to believe after reading some diaries about Bob Novak. Let me explain.
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