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Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 07:22:57 -0700
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From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: SLS: The Unknown (fwd)
Status: U

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>
>The Black Door
>By Paul J. Meyer
>
>Many years ago during a terrible desert war in the Middle East, a spy 
>was captured and sentenced to death by a wise old Persian warlord.
>
>Despite the harsh sentence, the warlord was actually a man of mercy and
>compassion.
>
>Over the years he had adopted a strange custom. In death penalty 
>cases, he would allow the condemned a choice: either a quick death by
>firing  squad or take his chances by passing through a mysterious black
>door.
>
>As the moment of execution drew near, the warlord ordered 
>the frightened spy >brought before him.  "What have you chosen?  
>Will it be the firing squad or the black door?"
>
>It was a horrible decision for the prisoner to make.  Each time he 
>moved close to the massive black door, his trembling hand stopped short of
the key.  Finally he informed the warlord that he much preferred the
>firing squad to the unknown horrors that might lurk in the shadows
>behind that mysterious black door. A few minutes later, a volley of rifle
shots signaled that the sentence had been carried out.
>
>The old warlord, gazing off to the distant horizon, turned to his aide
>and said, "You see how it is with people; they will always prefer the
>known to the unknown. That man went quietly to his death even though I
>gave him a choice."
>
>The aide asked, "What lies behind the Black Door?"
>
>"Freedom", replied the warlord, and I've known very few men brave
>enough to take it."
>
>--------- End forwarded message ----------


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