Nepotism used to really piss me off, and it still does. But I have come to realize that I am basically the one who is most at fault in that regards. I have always had the best friend syndrome, where I fall in love with someone and then trust them completely and totally… and I suspend all doubts despite statistics and glaring evidence to the contrary…
I am not one to prefer being ruled by statistics. But, I have often neglected facts, bestowing the benefit of the doubt by default. I am not sure whether it’s total trust in the person or just me unwilling to believe otherwise.
Nepotism is basically when one suspends facts for belief and favor one person over another when both should have been judged from equal criteria. The cases that truly disgust me are where it’s negative nepotism, where person A likes person B, who hates person C… and thus takes person B’s words completely about person C regardless of facts — well, or just taking the lightest of facts as strong proof for person B’s words.
But anyway, the point is… I am a nepotist…
