| | Analogy 100
So you were traveling in the Sahara Desert or the Gobi Desert or the Arabian Desert, whatever.
You were traveling through it to dig for bones or oil or going to a small village to help, doesn't matter.
You were happily driving in your jeep with more-than-adequate supplies when suddenly an armed band in another Jeep appear over the top of a sand dune and forced you to stop. They striped you of everything but your clothes (or if you want they could have taken it as well). Then they rose their AK47 and just when they were about to shoot you, you hear the motors of another jeep. All people present turned and saw another armed band of even larger size rushing toward you firing into the air. The first armed band suddenly all jumped into their jeep and fled, leaving you behind (naked or not).
Soon after, the second group drove up beside you. They looked at you and smiled and you were filled with hope that they would pick you up and get you out of the desert into the hands of authority.
Then, they drove off.
It is the fifth night after that. You are freezing, but know if you survive the night tomorrow will be burning hot. You are weak from hunger and dying of thirst. It is a miracle you survived this long, but you know you won't last much longer. You lie on the sand and start to think about the two armed bands you met five days ago. The first armed band you immediately arrive at the conclusion that they caused you to be in this situation and you hate them.
Your thought on the second armed band is:
a) They saved your life and you are grateful for them.
b) They are just another band of robbers and thieves. They are even less humane than the first group. The first group was going to end your misery and let you die quickly and relatively painlessly. The second group have left you in the desert to die of torture by the environment. To them, you are not even worth the rounds on their weapon. You hate them even more than the first group.
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