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they see independently

Perhaps more than men, women acknowledge
the person, because they see persons
independently of various ideological
or political systems
in their greatness and limitations
they try to go out to them and help them

Letter to Women, Message of His Holiness POPE JOHN PAUL II, July 10

do they see independently from reason, too?
do they see people devoid of ideas, ideolgies?
do they help their own murderer?
do they help the people who won’t help themselves?
do they not judge a person then?
do they not value one person differently from another?
what then is love, respect, if it is not earned?
what good are these women really doing
if their help is expected and not earned?


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