Imagine, if you will, that you live in a free country and you have one sister. One sunny day a foreigner arrives in your country and kills your sister. She does so publicly; she kills your sister in front of witnesses. Your sister had left you her most prized possession and upon her death this newly arrived foreigner simply steals it from you, and everyone watches as it happens. The foreigner gloats about killing your sister and vehemently refuses to return your inheritance to you. Society at large sides with the foreigner and against you. Your countrymen mock you and tell you that the foreigner is entitled to keep your stolen property and, furthermore, that she will not be prosecuted for killing your sister.
What would you do? Would you curse the foreigner and vow to recover your inheritance? Would you try to bring justice to your sister? Would you take justice into your own hands?
Well that is exactly what the Wicked Witch of the West did, isn’t it? The Wizard of Oz was on last night and it got me thinking that there are two sides to every story. Never take things at face value, always look for the aspect that is not readily shown. Just because it is written on paper, or in the news, don’t assume it is irrefutable and true. Always look behind the curtain!
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