From the mind of critic: “If we’re suppossed to not judge a book by its cover, but the cover entices us to either read the book or choose another, how do we balance the two? Do we not judge a book by it’s whole cover but only its title, so we’re not judging the outside packaging, but the name of the packaging? Or do we look at the cover without judgment, because we’re saving our judgement for the pages in the books interior? Is there a tangible difference between judgement and prejudgment? Whether we judge somebody before getting to know them or after, we’re still judging them. It seems the problem we constantly face, is being pegged as something we’re not. The problem with judging somebody by the content of their character, is we’re still judging them. Regardless of the type of person somebody is, and regardless of our beliefs, judgement is way above any of our pay grades. Yes, there are good, bad and middle of the road people out there, but unless we know every single thing about somebody, including all their idiosynchrocies which they themselves might not be fully aware about, we have no place to judge. If our collective goals in life are to treat others how we’d like to be treated, then we must treat everyone with love and understanding, because we don’t know their full life experience. It’s not so much that we shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, we shouldn’t judge a book, period” 🙂