In my mind this story is bittersweet, rather than being exclusively uplifting. The reason why, is because in a way, it demonstrates just how weak minded and deserving of extinction humanity really is. Why do I say that, I hear you ask?

Think of it this way. The reason why the 15 kids in that autistic boy's class did not show up to his party, was because it would have been socially damaging for them (as in, they'd end up with a bad reputation among the usual narcissistic psychopaths who tend to appoint themselves as the "leaders," of child or adolescent peer groups, just as adult narcissistic psychopaths later end up in positions of political leadership) to be seen by their peers, going to an autistic child's birthday party. The fact that all of the people who responded to said boy, and/or came to his party were strangers, meant that it was not costing them anything socially to do so. You can be sure that relatively few of said "strangers," will tell anyone else they know about the fact that they went to said boy's party, and almost all of the people who did, are almost guaranteed to have low social status themselves.

It's a case, in other words, of people doing something privately or anonymously, which they would most likely be completely unwilling to do publically, or if their immediate peers knew who they were.

I'm an autistic person myself, and I remember well what it was like to have the one or two friends that I had at school, get teased themselves by other children, because they were willing to associate with me. I have one particular cousin, who I've been close to all my life; but he went to high school for a brief period with me, and he used to wait for the school bus on the other side of the road, in order to ensure that he was not seen with me by anyone else at the school.

This is a good example of why offline, I'm currently living in an area which is mainly populated by the indigenous, the poor, and the mentally ill. It's because the only people who you can generally count on to be kind to you, are people who have very little themselves, and therefore have virtually nothing to lose. I've noticed that whenever anyone unusually physically attractive or visibly wealthy comes to the area, if I try and say hello to them, generally speaking they won't even make eye contact with me.

Jesus replied: “A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests. At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’

“But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, ‘I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.’

“Another said, ‘I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I’m on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.’

“Still another said, ‘I just got married, so I can’t come.’

“The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.’

“‘Sir,’ the servant said, ‘what you ordered has been done, but there is still room.’

“Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the roads and country lanes and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full. I tell you, not one of those who were invited will get a taste of my banquet.’”

-- Jesus Christ, Luke 14:16-24