Toys and Boys
June 7, 2005
You are a little boy with a lot of playthings. You believe you can get anything any time, any way. Because that’s the kind of boy you are. Your neighborhood friend drops by and sees you engrossed with a new toy. He sees a discarded possession, damaged perhaps, in your great and wonderful play room. Your friend asks if he could have the broken doll. You say yes. When you see your friend fix the little thing, you grab it back and say it’s no one else’s but yours.
Bad analogy. We’re no boys. And people aren’t toys. But it’s the most polite and succinct way someone has ever described you.
You are a little boy with a lot of playthings. You believe you can get anything any time, any way. Because that’s the kind of boy you are. Your neighborhood friend drops by and sees you engrossed with a new toy. He sees a discarded possession, damaged perhaps, in your great and wonderful play room. Your friend asks if he could have the broken doll. You say yes. When you see your friend fix the little thing, you grab it back and say it’s no one else’s but yours.
Bad analogy. We’re no boys. And people aren’t toys. But it’s the most polite and succinct way someone has ever described you.