Bad Monkeys

Loosely translated Der schlechte Affe hasst seinen eigenen Geruch means that people are most deeply offended by moral failings that mirror their own.

Hi," I said. "I'm the last of the Brontë sisters.

Well, it all started when I figured out that the janitor at my high school was the Angel of Death…

Are you the government?" He seemed surprised by the question. "Does the government fight evil?" I thought about it. For some reason, the first thing that came to mind wasn't the FBI or the justice system, but my last trip to the DMV. "Well," I said, "it can." "Lots of things can fight evil," True replied. "Cinderblocks, for example--if a Cinderblock had fallen in Josef Stalin's crib, the twentieth century might have been a bit more pleasant.(...)

...people are most deeply offended by moral failings that mirror their own.