Applying Logic

A few years ago, following the death of a young woman who left behind young children, someone said: “Well, I guess God had more use for a good mother than we did.”

I thought about that statement a great deal.

I don’t suspect the “we” mentioned in the statement included the woman’s children.  Surely, they needed their mother beyond anyone.

And then I tried to extend the logic of the statement to when some low-life bastard dies.  The new logic would look like this: “I guess God needs a thieving and cheating methhead more than we did.”

In some ways, the last application makes more sense.

— Mitchell Hegman