Reply #91: I am cautious. [View All]

[SeattleGirl]

I don't swallow whole anybody's story, and I don't automatically think someone is a certain way just because of how they present themselves. Believe me, I have met many people who seem to be decent folks, and are taken that way because of the size of their bank account, or how they dress, or speak, or any number of things, when in reality they are heartless, self-centered assholes at the very least, or serial killers at the most (Ted Bundy, anyone?).

But what I sense in the "background" or undertone of your posts is that you are not willing to give AC much credit JUST BECAUSE of the family into which he was born. That, to me, is as prejudicial and bigoted as making an assumption that a person born into a poor family is lazy, a criminal, etc (assumptions that some people also make).

I do not disagree with you that backgrounds are important, but I don't think they are the end all and be all of who a person is. Our backgrounds may shape us in many ways, but they can also be an impetus for us to grow beyond them, and be more than that to which we were born.