I've been reading this morning about Romney's alleged attack on a classmate in school -- holding him down with his friends -- and cutting off his hair
and yes
I call it alleged.
because the family denies it - and a bit of the story was misreported
but it's interesting to me that Romney simply "doesn't recall it"
I recall small slights that I did at that age
I have things I deeply regret
things we said or did
that haunt us
and should haunt us
this is an age when we often do things impulsively
but as our character matures
most of us look back
and cringe
If the report were completely false
completely out of character
I would have denied it
so I ask myself
is such a thing so completely out of character for this man?
he is a practical joker
there are several stories about that
and when I think about practical jokes
they are always
always
mean spirited
I'm not talking about people who mutually engage in a prank war
I remember my ex husband and his brother conducted a several year long confetti war
that culminated in the filling of his brother's car air conditioner with confetti that covered him in a cloud on day one
and would occasionally send a stray flake out years later
but pranks
meant to embarrass
humiliate
humble the victim
now
let's consider that at the time
this was acceptable behavior
let's face it
until not so very long
this was all put aside as "boys will be boys"
and boys can be terrible things
but lest we put this down
to being a prep school joke
and I wish that I thought this was out of character
but the man who puts his dog on the roof
the man who pulls pranks on a visually impaired teacher?
the man who "doesn't recall" if he held a boy down and cut his hair or not?
seems like a sociopath.
sociopath [( soh -see-uh-path, soh -shee-uh-path)]
Someone whose social behavior is extremely abnormal.Sociopaths are interested only in their personal needs and desires, without concern for the effects of their behavior on others.
and I imagine that being a sociopath IS a great ingredient to being successful in business -- in LIFE....because it's all about getting what you want
does he get to be my president?
I would far prefer a man who remembers such a horrible thing
views it with modern eyes
and regrets it
learned from it
changed from it
than someone for whom it was just a Tuesday.
