Man lay dead in bed for two years

What a sad commentary on our modern society. The two years laying dead is nothing alongside the lonely years he must have spent before he finally met his end. Poor man!

[Troubleshooter]

Originally Posted by marichiko

What a sad commentary on our modern society. The two years laying dead is nothing alongside the lonely years he must have spent before he finally met his end. Poor man!

Not everybody is a victim you know.

He may have been a right bastard.

Originally Posted by Troubleshooter

Not everybody is a victim you know.

He may have been a right bastard.

All the more reason to pity him. What a waste to spend your life so that people hate you and you die alone and unnoticed!

[Troubleshooter]

Originally Posted by marichiko

All the more reason to pity him. What a waste to spend your life so that people hate you and you die alone and unnoticed!

Well damn girl...

Can't you at least reserve a little pity the people who are victims of circumstance or something?

[Elspode]

Pity doesn't come in premeasured, limited quantities. If it did, I would have never gotten laid.

Originally Posted by Troubleshooter

Well damn girl...

Can't you at least reserve a little pity the people who are victims of circumstance or something?

I suppose I'd use the word "compassion" over pity. I try to understand how people might act as they do because in some way they suffer - be it from some emotion like anger or fear or greed or hate, etc. These are all unpleasant emotions and cause the person who experiences them to suffer. I certainly have compassion for victims of random fate as well. Many people seem to think that having compassion for someone means giving them some sort of "get out of jail free card." Far from it. We are still responsible for our actions despite whatever suffering we may have endured. Many people lead tragic lives, yet don't turn into murderers or terrorists, for example. Its all up to each of us and how we view the world and how we come to terms with what happens to us. We are ALL human, and its important to remember this. Awful actions are committed by human beings - not devils. I think it important that we cognize this, in order to help us see how its possible to turn into "devils" ourselves and avoid that path.