Casting dispersions:-) Nice one Clinton - I'll use it instead of casting nasturtiums in future!

Judging people by outward appearance is a form of bigotry but what else do we have to go by at this stage? We are not judging by colour or facial appearance but by the choices that people have made. If someone makes the choice to dress in shorts and a t-shirt when there is a foot of snow on the ground I think my conclusion might be that they are more concerned with appearance than with their own well being. It could well be an incorrect conclussion but a sensible one!

If I see someone wearing a big coat and wooly hat at the height of summer then I may draw a similar conclusion. That conclusion is more likely to be right when there are lots of people dressed in a similar way. It could, of course, be religious but we do need to draw a line between an idealistic and realistic view of peoples characters at some point.

You are right, of course, Clinton. We should never judge in such a way but unfortunately we are not all as perfect as that. To class us as bigots just because we are human is bigotry itself is it not? ;-)

Cheers

DtG