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When I come to think of it, my mistake is all too common and has a much more profound implication than that related to the examination of medical students.

For example, the fact that we are against Party C does not mean we support Party D. Similarly, we do not prefer Part D does not imply we are ally of the mad dog (or Party C!) Contrary to what a so-called great country leader used to say, the enemy of our enemy is not necessarily our friend – they may simply be another type of adversary of us from another angle.

For similar arguments, Hitler and Stalin are two extremes of idea, but one may not always have to find a place in between the two – Winston Churchill was obviously having a very different stand on the other side of the British Channel. Political opinion could be right or left-winged, but it does not necessarily mean that either of them – or the middle of the two – represents the benefit of the general public. As we learn from the French revolution, which was the origin of the terms right and left-winged, both sides had their own agenda on the two sides of King Louis and were both far away from the French people.