people tout the story of Solomon and the baby as an example of his wisdom in grokking stereotypical maternal impulse, but ignore his wisdom in re the key principle of governance that any redress the government is petitioned for must be at least potentially worse than the problem
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Ah, so the solution offered is worse than the problem identified. Ah, I see what you mean. Thing is though, it was only worse for the person who was innocent. To the "mom" who stole the baby, this solution was fine.
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That was the wisdom in the solution, getting to the heart of the actors.
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