The Little Prince in the Ossuary

00075 <– #After the Rain –>

#After the rain, Fort Roberts (5)

Many people claimed that the disabled and the non-disabled were equal. However, for most, words and actions rarely coincided. It was not because they were intentionally evil but because it was difficult to act as such.

What was so difficult about it?

‘It’s hard not to have compassion,’ Gyeo-ul thought.

Pity was the nature of man, pity for those who were weaker than him. Therefore, compassion for someone was the perception that someone was weaker than oneself.

Good men discriminated against the disabled because they were good; evil men discriminated against the disabled because they were evil.

Jang Yeon-chul was a typical example. He called the disabled “friends.” In doing so, he revealed a sense of duty that non-disabled people should consider disabled people as friends. His intentions were very good. However, a true egalitarian would say this: ‘Why is a disabled person your friend?’

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