I think people are essentially good. I mean, if you take the rudest, most selfish person you can find and take them for a joint (or whatever), just the two of you, then you'll find that without all the pressure to 'perform' and act up in front of anyone this person will be just as kind and understanding as the rest of us. But that only applies to one type of person - the type of person who's negative behaviour (for want of a better term) is a way of boosting their own ego, showing off, etc. When talking about people as a whole, then I still think that people are essentially good - it is the system and the way we have been running things that generally corrupts and distorts peoples sense of what is right and wrong, what is normal and what is abnormal. Take a person out of this environment and I think everyone just wants to eat, sleep and fuck.