Perfection and hypocrisy. We are all imperfect. Whether it is adhering to all of the commandants of our religion, very few are without sins, or adhering to all of our laws. Hell, even I got caught, just once, driving a golf cart without having my license in my possession. Sorry Pedro, I never told you about that.

Seriously, it is all a matter of degree And, we are judged in the end in our totality by a higher power, for those believing in a higher power. And, we are judged along the way by our peers. That is where the hypocrisy comes in. San Pedro is a small place and it is often difficult to conceal ones lack of perfection.

I don't have a problem with a priest breaking the law by going 5 miles over the speed limit on his way to my house for dinner. I do have a problem with that priest stopping along the way to molest a child. I don't have a big problem with my San Pedro neighbors accidently parking their golf cart on the wrong side of the street for that time of the month. I do have a problem with people living in San Pedro providing the cocain for a party where someone od's and dies, true incident. Or selling crack to young people. And I have a larger problem when some are so hypocritical as to represent themselves as pillars of the community and partake in exactly what they profess to be against.

I will not be the sinner to cast the stones. I am not inferring that this is in reference to anyone in particular. But, I will infer that hypocrisy is alive and well in San Pedro. I just hope that perfection is never a goal thought not to be worthy of striving for. And, I am not in favor of lowering our expectations, or our laws, just so we can meet them.