[Poohbah]

That isn't touchy-feely New AGe BS, it's knowing your enemy.

"Know yourself and know your enemy, and in a hundred battles you will never be in peril." Sun Tzu, The Art of War

[Gorzaloon]

That isn't touchy-feely New AGe BS, it's knowing your enemy.

True. To know is good. To sympathize, however..... :-)

There was a tone of "Compassionate understanding" beneath the surface that put me off.