I was going to write about this some time ago, but someone convinced me to steer clear. Well, it’s looking nastier than usual and getting worse, so maybe I should throw in my five trillion dollars’ worth. A common characteristic of humans is hating anyone they consider different from them. The difference can be anything from skin color to physiognomy to abstruse point of philosophy, and the degree of difference makes no difference in how much they hate. Such hatreds are purely voluntary ...