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Honestly, the lesson behind this piece is - break quarantine because the experiences are better than the sickness. Even when it talks about Twain being sick, it
by Loughla 7y ago
Honestly, the lesson behind this piece is - break quarantine because the experiences are better than the sickness. Even when it talks about Twain being sick, it's in a hand-wavy passing sort of manner.
>The sickness prevented him from seeing parts of Syria, but he still found a cause to laugh: It was “a good excuse to lie there on that wide divan and take an honest rest.” He recovered, and the trip continued.
All in all, cholera doesn't sound that bad according to this.
The problem is, at this day and age, any editorial choice seems to have a political angle. From this particular organization, that angle will be conservative at best.
Maybe the world is making me paranoid. Maybe not everyone has an agenda in media and politics. But I genuinely believe this type of article is meant to further a larger message. This one is 'quarantine = bad and breaking the quarantine = good'. It's subtle, but it's there.
- bryanrasmussen 7y agowell it also talks about him getting his comeuppance which is a vernacular expression for getting the righteous justice of the world for ones misdeeds (often misdeeds occasioned by stupidity) so I find it difficult to accept an agenda there.