In our present culture, we (and when I say “we”, I am referring to the majority of society) think we know about a person's background after a couple of simple facts; and what we don't know, we automatically assume based upon stereotypes and limited interaction with few people who share the same traits. In reality, we're nothing more than charlatans. The constant desire to know anything and everything about another person in today's society is …showed first 75 words of 1349 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1349 total…think (or may WANT to think)--we all think differently, we all behave differently, we all act differently, and more than anything, we all live differently. We can't just slap a label on someone's entire lifestyle by knowing one or two tidbits of information about him or her—we have to take the next step. We have to throw out the stereotypes, kick away the generalizations, and approach everything knowing nothing. Ignorance is, indeed, bliss.