Answer:
I'm an open minded person who doesn't believe in judging people by their appearance or the good ol' judging s book by its cover.
Perhaps, this would have saved me a whole lot of trouble if I could have taken Alex at face value the first time I saw him, but not me. I made friends with a gang member with tats and guns, and over time, we got so close and hung out frequently on weekends.
Soon, I began to become uncomfortable and wanted to end the friendship before I got into serious trouble as a result of Alex's debauchery.
Trouble soon found me one evening out together as a rival gang member did a drive by on Alex as we were exiting a bar one evening. Alex escaped, but I caught a bullet on my leg and my leg was amputated and I regretted for the rest of my life.
Indeed it is terrible to befriend a bad person.