There is a wonderful lesson to be gathered from this thread in my opinion. Two men, who have put in quite a bit of effort to improve the world, and the lives of people they will never know, have been recognized for the attempts by a body intent on promoting and rewarding others for helping the world population at large.
For some reason they are attacked by a certain political leaning mindset in an obvious attempt to diminish what they accomplished due to some form of hatred of what they stand for politically. I find it fascinating that the extreme good these men have done, is tossed aside to focus on weaknesses we all share to an extent. While the people who represent the politics the dissenters stand for, would never even be considered for such recognition in the first place. Even after they get pardoned.
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Holding onto anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. - Buddha
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