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To: SoldierDad
There may be a reason to celebrate that this ruthless tyrant is no longer able to murder the innocent...

Then we agree although I would say it more affirmatively.

Piece be upon you.

Peace to you.

4,946 posted on 12/30/2006 12:06:43 PM PST by FreeReign
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To: FreeReign
Empathy

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Empathy (from the Greek åìðÜèåéá, "to suffer with") is commonly defined as one's ability to recognize, perceive and directly experientially feel the emotion of another. As the states of mind, beliefs, and desires of others are intertwined with their emotions, one with empathy for another may often be able to more effectively divine another's modes of thought and mood. Empathy is often characterized as the ability to "put oneself into another's shoes", or experiencing the outlook or emotions of another being within oneself, a sort of emotional resonance.

Contrasting empathy to other phenomena

One must be careful not to confuse empathy with either sympathy, emotional contagion or telepathy. Sympathy is the feeling of compassion for another, the wish to see them better or happier, often described as "feeling sorry" for someone. Emotional contagion is when a person (especially a child or a person in a mob) identifies with strong emotions others are showing and becomes subject to the same emotions themselves. Telepathy is a controversial paranormal phenomenon, which differs in that empathy is based not upon the paranormal but upon sophisticated processing of what is seen and heard in the usual way.

4,953 posted on 12/30/2006 12:56:30 PM PST by SoldierDad (Proud Father of a 2nd BCT 10th Mountain Soldier fighting the terrorists in Iraq)
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