Last night, a civil and respectable burglar broke into my place. I caught him while he was trying to carry my valuables away. I sat down, offered him tea, and asked him why he would do such a thing. I always try to have civil discussion with others to understand their beliefs, because partisanship is a terrible and prejudiced thing.
The burglar seemed hesitant to talk at first. I have no idea why he answered my invitation to a cordial discussion with "**** off if you don't want to be hurt." But it was too late. Way too late! His incivility and refusal to consider both sides had already deeply hurt me. I didn't care for my valuables at that point. All I was thinking of was how awful and biased this world is.
I started crying and rushed to call the police. Unfortunately, they came too late because I spent an hour explaining both sides to the officer on the phone. After carefully analyzing and weighing both my position and the burglar's, he decided the police should come and arrest the guy. He was surprised when he found that the burglar had escaped when the police arrived.
I consoled them by reminding them that nothing matters as long as we all stay civil, unbiased, and united. Those who want to hurt burglars instead of hearing them only want division and bigotry to prevail. I will not let them win, even if it means my entire house gets robbed!
(I'm typing this while sitting on the floor because even my couch got stolen. But I'm still happy! Don't let the partisans win!)
The burglar seemed hesitant to talk at first. I have no idea why he answered my invitation to a cordial discussion with "**** off if you don't want to be hurt." But it was too late. Way too late! His incivility and refusal to consider both sides had already deeply hurt me. I didn't care for my valuables at that point. All I was thinking of was how awful and biased this world is.
I started crying and rushed to call the police. Unfortunately, they came too late because I spent an hour explaining both sides to the officer on the phone. After carefully analyzing and weighing both my position and the burglar's, he decided the police should come and arrest the guy. He was surprised when he found that the burglar had escaped when the police arrived.
I consoled them by reminding them that nothing matters as long as we all stay civil, unbiased, and united. Those who want to hurt burglars instead of hearing them only want division and bigotry to prevail. I will not let them win, even if it means my entire house gets robbed!
(I'm typing this while sitting on the floor because even my couch got stolen. But I'm still happy! Don't let the partisans win!)