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Hate + Hate = More Hate

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“I started thinking about that, and I used to think that the Talib would come, and he would just kill me. But then I said, ‘If he comes, what would you do Malala?’ then I would reply to myself, ‘Malala, just take a shoe and hit him.’ But then I said, ‘If you hit a Talib with your shoe, then there would be no difference between you and the Talib. You must not treat others with cruelty and that much harshly, you must fight others but through peace and through dialogue and through education.’ Then I said I will tell him how important education is and that ‘I even want education for your children as well.’ And I will tell him, ‘That’s what I want to tell you, now do what you want.” ― Malala Yousafzai Malala Yousafzai The very first time I heard these words from Malala Yousafzai was of great impact to me. Somehow, they reminded me of my childhood. While growing up as a mischievous kid, deep inside I've always known that if any of my siblings had an intention to tell on me...