At a local restaurant I was getting up to pay my bill for my meal. While I was walking to the cash register a cell phone went off. While it chirped my gaze rested on a woman in her mid 70’s. She was glaring at the owner of the cell phone that was ringing. It looked like if it went ringing on too much longer, she would get up and act somehow. (I’m not sure what she was capable of, but her face was scary!)
Steven King’s novel “Needful things” demonstrated how a fragile tolerance could unravel quite quickly. Freud talked about Superego and how it makes sure we comply with social norms of polite society. Superego appeared to have a strong grasp of this little lady, but it looked like it wouldn’t restrain her much longer if the situation didn’t change
I was struck by how thin the cement is that glues a civil society together. We are all together in a room with our own likes and dislikes, and we all act civil to each other. In one sense it truly is a miracle.
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