Children say that people are hung sometimes for speaking the truth.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Children observe that truth speaking can lead to execution.
- In plain terms
- People are killed for telling the truth.
- What can you take from it?
- Truth can be dangerous.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is it worth the risk?
- Who decides truth?
Another view
It presents execution as a common outcome of truth.
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