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The Outlaw

By: Nancy Vo
Narrated by: T. Ryder Smith
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THE OUTLAW leaves behind a trail of misdeeds and then suddenly disappears. But one day, a mysterious stranger rides into town, and things begin to change.

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This is an extremely short story that has an simplistic style and moral message that is trying to be like a modern parable, while being reductive to the point of actually having a bad message.

An outlaw in an old west town does outlaw stuff, like presumably theft, threats, assaults, etc., and then they disappear for a while, before a stranger comes to town and starts doing philanthropic and helpful things around town. Recognising them as the outlaw, somone raised this as an issue, only for a kid to point out they are doing good now.

People can change and grow, which is a good thing. Restorative justice is good and cops and prisons are bad. BUT accountability is a thing. You don't get to decide to do some nice things you want to do and decide that everything is cool now. The people and community you wronged have to do that. That's how that works. Maybe I'm thinking too much about a story from the series that exists for nothing more than the novelty of asking Alexa to play you a story. I can't see how it's for anyone or anything other than that.

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