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The Parable of the Good Neighbor
(found on a fragment of manuscript from Cave 7 at Qumran; translation
published in Feb. 2013 in the Journal of the Chicago School of Oriental Archaeology)

"... and lo, there was an attorney in good standing with the bar, and as he was passing along the road between Raleigh and Durham, he came upon three students being harassed by the police. And he, being in good standing, and not wanting to associate with outsiders, nor have his name and reputation besmirched in his own community, immediately put his foot to the gas pedal and sped past on the other side of the road.

"And lo, there came after him a member of the Faculty of Duke Law School, who, when he had reached that same place, observed the same. And now the students were not only being harassed, there was a mob assembled against them, crying out, and there was none to defend them. And he, being a member of the Faculty, and not wishing to damage his own reputation as a professor, likewise put his foot to the gas pedal and passed by on the other side of the road.

"And lo, there next came a member of the North Carolina Center for Actual Innocence, being a fine person and well-regarded by all, with a great reputation for truth and honesty. And seeing the same, and the students now about to be convicted by lying witnesses, considered how his own reputation might be damaged by association with such unpopular defendants, how much subsequent good he might not be able to do if this were to be the case; and so he stopped his car and went up to the crowd, picked up a sign, and marched back and forth for a time, so that all could observe he was on what the mob considered was the side of right. And then, having established this, he got back into his car and continued on his way, reviewing in his mind all the future defendants he would be able to help because the mob liked him.

"At length, by which time the students were nearly convicted, a politician came along. And he, averting his eyes, proclaimed loudly to all and sundry, that "It is not my job!", therefore thinking to avoid offending anyone at all. And he passed by.

"And finally, there came along a Durham resident, not a lawyer, who, observing the plight of the defendants, spoke out on their behalf, and confronted the crowd and the authorties, and never ceased to cry out for justice, notwithstanding that no one else was willing to do so. And not being content with this, did also raise funds for their defense, and initiate legal motions to set aside the injustice.

"And now, asked the rabbi of his students, which of these acted rightly, and was worthy to be called neighbor? Go, and do thou likewise..."
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MikeZPU

and, how about the priest who was so blinded by his liberal ideology,
that he threw his lot in with the mob mentality, and both pre-judged and
condemned the innocent young men, as he spoke in a holy Church no less.
Edited by MikeZPU, Mar 4 2014, 12:59 AM.
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