He reminds us that there’s a very big difference between knowing something and truly understanding it.
Knowing is comprehension; understanding is deeper because it comes from empathy or identification.
Maybe they took him in for questioning.
Maybe he spent a night in jail.
Maybe they took him to a scrapyard and beat him.
Maybe they ran his name through the computer, maybe they didn’t.
In the years since, I’ve thought about what would have happened if the positions had been reversed.
We know what would’ve happened.
Maybe the other guy was in a bad place, too.
Maybe he had kids, too.
Maybe he had a sad story, too.
The other guy didn’t.
Maybe that sounds obvious, but reminders topracticeempathy are always worthwhile.
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