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Old 03-09-2008   #36 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by teddy564339 View Post
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.
You're right. People have really stopped following "The Golden Rule," which is, "Treat others the way you want to be treated." Would that shooter have wanted to get shot? Absolutely not. But he didn't care, whether he was doing it just to be cool or for revenge or whatever, he did it for his own selfish reasons and he endangered the life of a fellow human being. That's never okay, and I hope he gets caught and punished.
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