[at-l] Deer hunting on the trail

[thornel@attglobal.net (W F Thorneloe)]

Kahley, you done good by bringing up the word that is important here, 
compassion.

It is possible (and important) to feel compassion for someone without 
engaging in sympathy. Similarly, it is possibly to feel a mixture of anger 
and pity for someone who has irreparably injured a life, a family's life, 
as well as their own life. Yet sympathy connotes something a bit more 
appropriate to offer to someone who grieves a loss outside of their own 
actions and control. Compassion recognizes the loss, as well as the reality 
that the person must face numerous consequences of irresponsible actions.

A hunter who shoots at a noise and discovers a tragic target deserves 
compassion, but to offer sympathy is to deny the horrible significance of a 
human tragedy.

OrangeBug

At 03:37 PM 12/13/2001 -0500, kahley wrote:
>I am so glad there are people in this world who's first thought is 
>compassion.