What Makes a Good Person

I just had the oddest and a semi-insulting (and by that I mean I'm not sure if I was insulted or if it was my imagination) encounter with an acquaintance at my school.  Basically I said that walking to the food court always made me crave chicken curry and she said "You eat meat?" to which I replied "I eat chicken sometimes." This brought on this statement, and I quote "You should be careful who you mention meat to. Some people get very angry."

I'm sure that she meant that I needed to hide the fact that I eat meat because I am a Hindu and I eat chicken.  Unfortunately there are some Hindus who believe that if you eat any amount of meat you are a bad person and therefore deserve discrimination and judgment. Don't get me wrong, I'm an extremely religious, especially for a girl who tends to avoid Indian culture altogether.  But I also believe that those stupid superstitions that we follow is all because bad people are worried they might be punished later for their deeds and want to use superstitions to make themselves feel better.

I can't believe even now, after trying so hard to separate my life from the highly judgmental folk who make up  my cultural community I still got some whiplash.  I suppose it doesn't matter.  If you're a good person, no amount of waking up to the East, sitting a certain way during pujas, eating certain food is going to make God appreciate you less.  And NO amount of waking up to the East, sitting a certain way during pujas, eating certain food is going to make a horrible person better.  Time to go off to class and learn and dwell on the topic of good versus evil some more.  Of course right now the only evil in my life is procrastination while trying to study for my test on Wednesday.