it a step further. It attempts to shove death itself out of the realm of reality. Violence on television gives the impression that somehow death isn’t quite real. The good guys knock off the crooks like flies and hardly give it a thought. After all, everyone knows it’s only make-believe. Meanwhile the real thing takes place everywhere, often without the dying person’s family anywhere around. “Fools” is the label Solomon gives to people who don’t want to face life as it is. A fool is of no help to
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