One of my best papers. - Why Me?         Humans are remarkably good at finding a religious scapegoat for their problems. There has always been someone to blame for the difficulties we face in life, such as war, famine, and more relevant, disease. Hitler blames the Jews for economical woes in a corrupt Germany long after the Romans held the Christians responsible for everything wrong in a crumbling, has-been empire. In the fourteenth century, when Plague …showed first 75 words of 1165 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1165 total…which translates, 'when an archer misses a target, he can only blame himself, and not the target.' This is a great expression, and makes a lot of sense. However, it is rarely followed in our society, especially when an epidemic strikes. While we should be finding ways to cure it, prevent it, learn about it, and come to terms with it, all we seem capable of doing is finding someone to blame for it.