Now you might assume this little article should be in the theological arena but in actuality the substance is the realization that Ivan had and shares about the idea that our actions define our neighbors.Some thirty years ago, I went into sermons from the early third century into the nineteenth century dealing with this story of the Samaritan, and I found out that most preachers, when they comment on that passage, comment on it in order to show how we ought to behave towards our neighbor, when in fact this is the opposite of what Jesus, who tells that story of the Samaritan, wanted to point out.
Who Is My Neighbor? — by Ivan Illich
http://www.awakin.org/read/audio.php?op=play&tid=2351