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robert schlagal's avatar

An excellent meditation on the human potential to choose kindness over cruelty and spite. The two wolves theory. You're right to call "righteous cruelty" for what it is, laziness, a cheap knee-jerk access to 'power'.

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Sarah DeVries's avatar

Oh man I wish I could put it here, but one of my favorite memes is a picture of two really derpy-looking taxidermied wolves, and it says something like (it's in Spanish), "There are two wolves within me; one of them is a real dummy, and the other one even more" hahahaha

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Dr Barbara Kastelein's avatar

Bloody brilliant -- I'm liking your pacing and structure, as well as your content and tone. Abrazos desde Coyoacan!

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Sarah DeVries's avatar

Thank you, Barbara! I love it when British people say "bloody" haha :D

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Frances C Pusch's avatar

Soooo true and superbly written, Sarah! Muchas gracias.

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Sarah DeVries's avatar

Oh, thanks Frances! And would you believe that all day Saturday I was like "man, I don't know WHAT I'm going to write about" hahaha

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