Yesterday a tragedy occurred. A pregnant mother drove her minivan, filled with her 3-year-old, 9-year-old, and 10-year-old, into the ocean, in what appeared to be an attempt to end life for them all. But another tragedy took place as soon as this news went viral. We shook our heads, declared the woman a monster, and made self-righteous remarks about the amount of evil that must reside in this women to do such a thing. This, too, is a tragedy, and I think we’d all be wise to reconsider our hasty judgment:
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People like puppies. Yesterday, at 2p.m. (PST), the Facebook page Twogirlsandapuppy was created, presumably because two girls wanted a puppy and their dad said they could get one if their page got 1 million likes. It showed up in my Facebook feed because several friends had liked the picture, and five friends had even liked the page. Less than seven hours later, skeptical dad realized he’d be buying a puppy.
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