dimreepr

I'm sensing a patern... Why are you so determined to be correct; that every question you can't answer must mean, the questioner is stupid?

My only philosophy is to not assume where wisdom can be found. I don't have to believe in god to understand the benefits of love over hate or forgiveness or judging yourself before casting the first stone. We're all standing on the shoulders of giant's, not just science... Only you can prevent you from learning something new, history is full of the relevant data. Hindsight, the only exact science... 😉

No, that's where empathy ends and sympathy begins; I can be sympathetic towards a dog but I can never empathise with it... The cruel irony of justice is, we don't get a choice... An excuse, is not a reason...

Absolutely, that's the priority... And when he's behind bars, the priority shift's too, understanding why he did what he did. We do that be removing the emotive language from the conversation and consider ourselves from his perspective... Only when that conversation is understood, is justice done...

What price knowledge, when panic buying...

And a story is just a story; it either leads to the truth or we ignore it...

Indeed, that's what it looks like... A narrative, that leads to, A truth...

Indeed +1, but ideology can achieve that end, if we don't fear it...

We're only free to be me...

Why is it so difficult, for you to understand, their both human...

Indeed +1, much like the plague/black death, probably, didn't have a single cause...

The add man can... He can persuade you to think you're a mechanic...

Nor had my mother, but she did kill our dog by over-feeding it. That statement reads the same even if, for religion read science. Science and religion both try to eliminate fear, as in: “I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain." - Frank Herbert. A mantra to be a human computer... 😉

Indeed, that's why I'd want to be sociopath if I caught him in the act; sympathy is not a switch though, caring for one takes nothing away from the other. It's perfectly possible to protect the victim from the perp, while protecting the perp from persecution.

“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain." - Frank Herbert. Sometime's it's cruel to be kind, especially when you're winging it... 😉

Indeed +1, we're circling the wagons because of the smoke signals, that just say "come on over, we're having a party tonight". “I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain." - Frank Herbert.

You: we've found a Witch, may we burn her? Me: how do you know she's a witch. You: she looks like one... she's got a wort...

You too, I just wonder, when can you? if there's a different way too win...

Criminal's aren't taking advantage of the system, they're a result of the system; and if one of them is a sociopath, they're sick enough to be capable of anything; including the benefits of his illness, but only if we treat him with kindness, and understanding of who the bad people really are. Indeed...

So we are the same as animal's, which you say aren't evil. Now that's being obtuse FFR. 😉 Any evidence? Since you've brought it up again, I'll ask again What's the point of(1) if (2) and (3) are adequately met?

Have you even read this thread? Or my thread on capital punishment, in which I believe you posted?

I'm not flaying my self with it, I'm wearing it as a badge of honour, you should really read the parable, rather than just assuming a philosopher has nothing valuable to say... 😉 "Cometh the hour, cometh the man". This is not quite the hour, so I'm not quite the man; story of my life... 🙄

I thought you said we were above animal's and that's why we're uniquely evil or is it just more emotive language to bolster your ever diminishing base of assumption's. If he's mentally ill/sick/disabled, it's not his fault he has no free will, no choice but to be him; much like that poor little girl. How dare you assume to you know which one has suffered more, suffering is a purely subjective event, even in extreme case's.

It seldom does...

And that's justice...