Treat everyone like they are your friend – even if they are not.
That is from my five year old child summing up the philosophy of Jesus*. We were talking about how to deal with classmates who are not being friendly. It struck me that this might, just might, be relevant to the current rhetoric surrounding the humanitarian crisis of Syrian refugees.
*We live in the pervasively Christian middle of South Carolina.
The Finch and Pea 
Yes! I’ve also read this opinion on a German news site or two.