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Old 02-09-2008   #35 (permalink)
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I feel like understanding is the cure to our problems. If you had lived in the shooters shoes you would understand why he shot the other kid and if he had lived in the other kids shoes he probably wouldn't have shot him.
While I think "empathy" is a more suitable word than "understanding", I agree with you. I think the biggest source of humanity's problems is that people tend to be greedy and selfish more often than empathetic and generous.
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