re: #62 Killgore Trout

Today’s assholes are marginally better but tomorrow’s assholes are still going to think we’re dicks.

Everything should be looked at within the context of human social evolution. Today’s good people are tomorrow’s assholes. Thomas Jefferson is a most recent example. FDR is another who may well be demonized for the Japanese internment. Mark Twain would never get a book deal today. It’s hard to judge people from centuries ago within the context of our current values. You look at the whole.