“ Empathy is what separates human beings from teenage boys. ”
The success of any society must be judged by the life of its worst off. No other calculation will do.
~ Victor Lavalle
Before September 11, the skinny, jittery black guy made security think one thing: drug mule. But after the attacks, security only cared about bombs. So it was the Arab guys, the Puerto Ricans and Indians, even white men, that got searched. I was too dark to make people worry on a plane. Still caused fear in elevators.
Writing to corroborate what you already think is the essence of bad writing.
Taken together the Internet reads like the grandest character-driven novel humanity has ever known. Not much plot though.
