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Interesting Conversations When Out in the World

I had an interesting conversation yesterday with a stranger. We had come to the conclusion that the English suck. Which is interesting because according to my father... I'm part English. Between the crusades, and the transatlantic slave trade... the English in the 2nd Millenia were terrible people. When thinking about the advancements of the English during the same time period... there wasn't much to write home about. Accept maybe the creation of divorce in the Church, a few great minds, and the end to the British royal family as the leader of England - instead turning it over to the governing bodies which represent the people.

While you can renounce your faith, your government, or even your profession... its impossible to renounce your heritage. Unfortunately, English DNA is the genetic makeup of my body, as well as a few other things (If I even decide to take a genetic test, I'll know for certain). It's something I can't escape from. An unlucky roll of the dice at a time when being white.... being English... is something looked down on in America and other parts of the world. The thing is... I feel I should not be held responsible for the crimes of a blood line that I had no choice in joining. There was no "Pick your own family" day before I came into consciousness.  Or at least there wasn't one that I was aware of.

That's the Ultimate truth of it. We did not pick our bodies... we did not pick our families. We are simply playing out the hand we were dealt as a human with conscious thought

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