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> Most people who have been told that they’ve caused actual harm, probably did. I think you might be missing the point of the story. To my understanding it cou
by jstummbillig 3y ago
> Most people who have been told that they’ve caused actual harm, probably did.
I think you might be missing the point of the story. To my understanding it could have easily have turned from a rosy past to a grim presence and it would have worked all the same.
The point of the story is that, supposedly, the difference in perception is the entire difference. Something is not true, just because it's in the past. The act of reinterpreting is the act of reshaping, what is true.
Personally, I don't know how true that is :) But it's a somewhat interesting thought.
- miiiiiike 3y agoNo I got it. Parables are supposed to be stories that teach us something about ourselves, the world, and how we engage with it. I fundamentally disagree with the moral of this story as written. Make it about something other than thinking that you paralyzed someone through negligence and it’s a different ballgame.
- brightlancer 3y ago> I think you might be missing the point of the story. To my understanding it could have easily have turned from a rosy past to a grim presence and it would have worked all the same. I think _you_ might be missing the point of the story. It "could have" but it didn't: the story was about he'd been punishing himself for 18 years but Really It Wasn't My Fault. If it was about a situation where he found out 18 years ago a benign situation wasn't, that could teach a lesson about misunderstanding history. Here, everything else is overshadowed by the fact that "You can change history", where history is how he paralyzed a women by driving recklessly.