Abuse

Why do people always abuse power. It's like as soon as we are in control of a relationship we feel the need to abuse it. Saw this article today. Here's the first sentence:

Humanitarian aid workers and United Nation peacekeepers are sexually abusing small children in several war-ravaged and food-poor countries, a leading European charity has said.

I shouldn't have read it, because it just made me angry and disappointed in the human race. Just a reminder of our fallen state. JM