Comedian Patton Oswalt's viral posting about Boston bombing

[SilentKnight]

Heard this on the radio on the way into work this morning. Thought it was extremely well said:

Boston. Fucking horrible.

I remember, when 9/11 went down, my reaction was, "Well, I've had it with humanity."

But I was wrong. I don't know what's going to be revealed to be behind all of this mayhem. One human insect or a poisonous mass of broken sociopaths.

But here's what I DO know. If it's one person or a HUNDRED people, that number is not even a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a percent of the population on this planet. You watch the videos of the carnage and there are people running TOWARDS the destruction to help out. (Thanks FAKE Gallery founder and owner Paul Kozlowski for pointing this out to me). This is a giant planet and we're lucky to live on it but there are prices and penalties incurred for the daily miracle of existence. One of them is, every once in awhile, the wiring of a tiny sliver of the species gets snarled and they're pointed towards darkness.

But the vast majority stands against that darkness and, like white blood cells attacking a virus, they dilute and weaken and eventually wash away the evil doers and, more importantly, the damage they wreak. This is beyond religion or creed or nation. We would not be here if humanity were inherently evil. We'd have eaten ourselves alive long ago.

So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and think, "The good outnumber you, and we always will."

[Grapesoda]

humans are very amazing in someways

[Relentless]

That was important when numbers mattered most. In an era where six people with sticks could kill the one maniac with a stick we were very safe. Now we live in an era where a few dozen people can destroy the earth. The nuclear standoff in Kashmir is a good example. As destructive potential increases and the number of people needed to carry it out decreases, Oswalt's assertion becomes less and less important.

[_Richard_]

yea that was a really cool quote

[ludballs]

Fair play Patton!

[CaptainHowdy]

That's a pretty mushy statement if you ask me ...

[Cunnalinguist]

"The good outnumber you, and we always will."

-Great quote!

[Ayla_SquareTurtle]

Eh, I really didn't find it all that compelling. It's not like these things just pop up out of a vacuum, like some bizarre genetic aberration. The society we live in created this situation.