Funny name for a subject heading, but I've had these words on my mind since venturing out of my apart hotel to visit the veggie/fruit bazaar of the week. I overheard a young British girl talking to her puppy in a sweet, tender tone, and it did strike me as unusual. I realized how accustomed I have become to the distant, belligrent behavior of Turkish people that her innocent behaviour struck me as out-of-this-world. It is definately a dog-eat-dog world here; altta kalanin cani ciksin misali. It would be down right naive to suggest that the US is not free of the dark side of humanity, but with money, one can easily isolate herself/himself from fellow beings. I've done so for the last three years. Otherwise, it is too much to bear as a sensitive melancholic.
I've had the word "discrimination" on my mind as well. Discrimination, based on class, gender and yes, skin color is well and alive. The vast majority of its people are unhappy. It doesn't take years of sociological training to observe that discriminaiton lends itself to misery. Inequality breeds unhappiness.
