where do a**holes come from?

i'm glad you asked, cuz quite frankly this question popped into my head today, and i've already formulated a few opinions on where they come from and why they persist to exist.

most of my pent-up angst about this comes from knowing a few of them (a**holes), and the rest of it, to be honest, comes from the state of the world more generally. if people really did care about their environment and the organisms in it, most societal ills would most probably cease to exist. granted people in positions of power have a disproportionate amount of control over this, but there are folks all along the spectrum that sadly enough buy into 'the way we live.' i guess we all kinda throw our hands up and point fingers at each other, go to bed at night, and wake up in the mornin and point fingers at each other some more. (case in point --> ENRON, check out the documentary, very, very sad!)

back to the question of the hour though - where do a**holes come from?

well, the ones that i know personally, i think it comes from them just having severe insecurities and not knowing how to deal with them in a constructive way. instead, they just transform that into this insidious approach that they take on to life and inculcate in others, causing so many generally optimistic and positive people to question themselves repeatedly and waste hours, days, months of their lives agonizing over thoughts like, 'he's such @@)(@*@. or maybe i'm reading into it too much. maybe, i did something to cause him to behave in that way. or maybe, what i _know_ happened didn't actually happen??!?!' and so on. basically, a**holes everywhere are wreaking havoc and causing people to become delusional, despondent people who end up shelling out lots to seek counseling.

now, that's a rant.