Cynicism
Watching E.T. earlier today, it occurred to me that I have more trouble believing federal agents would be as kind as Peter Coyote’s character if E.T. actually came to earth than I have trouble believing E.T. would come to earth in the first place.
Was that the new “enhanced” E.T. or the original? If the new one, what did you think of the new scenes?
Yeah, well. A cynic is what an idealist calls a realist.
On the other hand, we have less today to fear from everything-else-besides-government than ever before. Is that cynical?
I don’t think you (and I) are really as cynical as we sometimes appear.
-TimK