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No Opinion Is Worth Burning Your Neighbor Over

Voltaire's quote rings true today.

By Alvin AngPublished about a year ago 1 min read
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Photo by Georgiana Avram on Unsplash

They told us that God was but Love,

smiling at us all from above.

So then why did they turn,

the so-called "heretics" into urns?

All they did was wonder - they're as peaceful as doves.

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Alvin Ang

👑 Writer of scandalous stories. Author of "National Service: Confessions of a Skiving Soldier" and "Confessions of a Singaporean Weed Smoker." Buy my books here!

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