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By Lynne Cory

What if shunning is a very cruel way that some societies use to control their followers and some of them are running away from the meanness? What if many of the rules maintain an orderliness that the people like?

What if one day, an angel whispered into the ear of the leader and suggested he try compassion and to lighten up on the rules and he did and his followers were happier and their numbers grew?