i think it's possible...
to really like someone even if you know they are a despicable person. you know? i was trying to explain this last night to francesco, but he just thought i was naive and silly to think so. here's what i say. i want to(and think i do most of the time) understand who people are...their fears, their insecurities, their spiteful actions, the things that they're giving, etc...and take them for what they are. this happens to me lots that i meet someone that treats someone else or me in a way that is not kind or someone who talks only about themselves or talks bad about someone else or someone who is really stand-offish, and i seem to like them more when i see these things. not because i like what they're doing, but because i know it's part of the way that they're made and that they're doing their best with what they've got and that we're all cattivi. i think you can do this and still not be walked all over by these people and not become cynical. i want to at least.