"I look at the common human being and try to understand his/her situation. I try to have an open mind with what they say right up until what they say forms my opinion of them. If my opinion is never formed, then I say so. If it is formed positively, I say so and similarly if it is formed negatively."
don, you never tried to understand or have an open mind about Wood. You, along with the rest of us have only heard what he had to say and get to know him in recent days, but back when he was kidnapped you had already painted him as a foreign opportunist and vulture preying on the poor Iraqi people. If you can't find some common ground with Douglas Wood, it's no wonder you find it difficult to cross cultural boundaries.
