apocalypse now

i always used to say that there was nothing anybody could say or do that could shock me, because i am aware of how defective-if that is an appropriate word to describe-the human nature is. i was wrong though. it is not how fragile and weak people can be that shocks me, but how cruel and hardened they can be. after all, as a friend of mine used to say, expect anything from anyone. a fault is always expected. but cruelty? is that even natural? maybe things that used to be natural 6000 years ago aint natural anymore, and things that are nowadays considered natural, were not meant to be natural, in the beginning. this takes us back to the discussion about what is natural and what is not. does natural mean pure? and what is pure? daaanny, we've got something to discuss this afternoon, get your brain cells activated ;p