It raises an interesting side issue. When somebody I like
does something which irritates I tend towards tolerance. When somebody I
dislike does the same thing I can be most intolerant, and I suspect that’s true
of most of us. It’s obviously irrational to judge a person’s actions mildly or
harshly depending on how you feel about them personally, but it does seem to be
a fact of human nature.
I think it plays a large part in the tensions we often see
between the police and ethnic minorities, especially in America where
it’s a particularly virulent issue at the moment. I think it has a lot to with
the way in which the culture and the Establishment conditions people to view
those of different race, ethnicity or colour. And that’s why I think it will
take at least a generation – probably more – to work itself out of the sub-system
naturally.
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