A few years ago, I befriended a Christian who had left the University in Baghdad, coming to the United States. He told me a story that is a parable of sorts commonly known where he grew up in Iraq.

The story is not a true story, it merely speaks of how different cultures may approach and choose to deal with what they may perceive as a problem with the elderly.  And I am convinced that those who told the story, understood ...and valued their elders.