A life-or-death situation can reveal whether somebody is panicky or coolheaded, whether the person is selfish or thinks about others. This also is true for a nation-state.
After totting up as many assists as he has goals in recent seasons, the versatile striker has come in for criticism from the media for not being selfish enough.
In our efforts to adjust differences of opinion we should be free from intolerance of position,and our judgements should be unmoved by alluring phrases and unvexed by selfish interests.