Quote Originally Posted by oldhaole
The old will die and with them their rigid ideas.
I'm afraid this goes far beyond issues of age related idealism. I know young people who are very rigid in their thinking and old people who are more flexible.

Indeed, hatred and prejustice predate our civilization, and may linger far after we are all distant memories. There may have been some survival value for it, in mankind's distant past, but that time has past. I think today this behavior serves people's impoverished egos, and/or it gives them a sense of belonging. The only way they can seem to belong, is to exclude. Never the less this behavior is antiquated and un-necessary in today's society.

The eyes I see through are the ones given me. In my 52 years they have changed little. On the other hand, the world they perceive has changed much. I can only hope they are allowed to see many more years of change, and that change is for the better. The change happens starting with one person. You, me or some one else who sees injustice and speaks up.

It is possible for people to change. Let me tell you of one man I knew who changed.

I used to know a man down in Tucson. He was getting up there in age and was very prejustice. He was always making rude comments about races different from his. Then one day, we were all waiting around to get our daily assignments, when he started spinning around like a top and fell to the ground. One of my friends rushed over to him and started administering CPR. This kept the old man going till the paramedics got there. It saved the old mans life. The friend who saved him was a black man.

After our old prejustice coworker was able to return to work, we noticed he had changed. No longer was he bitter and prejustice. His thinking turned around 180 degrees. His crisis at work may have been the best thing to ever happen to his peace of mind. He seemed to be so much happier. Getting along with every one, and not considering difference in anyone. This crisis made his remaining days, happy days, with more friends who loved him than he could have imagined.

Maybe people will change and love one another one day. Perhaps it will not take a near death experience for mankind to get there. Perhaps it will.