Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom Bombadil
I know you are being cynical, and chances are that you might be right. However, like the old story goes: no matter what kind of disaster is released into the world, as long as there is hope, then not everything is lost. As long as there are people who read the story and felt indignant, who refuse to step in those 18 people's footsteps in a similar situation but do the right thing, then there is still hope.
That's probably the whole point: no amount of cursing of those who walked by will help the little girl, but it helps to ask ourselves:"what will I do in such a situation?"
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"
Hope is the
denial of reality. It is the carrot dangled before the draft horse to keep him plodding along in a vain attempt to reach it."
- Raistlin Majere