Whose side are you on?

The Christian Science Monitor

My daughter asked this question during the evening news broadcast. We had watched violent confrontations in a certain country and then heard interviews with leaders from both sides. Each leader spoke with conviction, fervently.

"Whose side are you on?"

I didn't answer quickly. I did know which side I felt was morally right. I did know where my sympathies were in this struggle. I could have said, "I agree with so-and-so's side," and left it there. But her question sparked in me an even deeper challenge to my conscience.

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February 29, 1988
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