--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@...> wrote: > > Jeez, what a saint you've been Judy. You mean to tell me > that you and your sister never got into any hair pulling > fights?!
Oh, I thought you were talking about adults. Silly me. > Anyway, I simply meant that if A is being hurt by B, then > it's A's responsibility to remove himself or herself from > B's presence. So that's what you meant by "Don't allow [the wrongdoer] to continue wrong doing"? I see. > Otherwise it's society's responsibility to > put wrong doers in circumstances where they can't harm > those weaker than them. So you *aren't* talking about FFL, just as I thought. This was all an idea you had, completely unrelated to anything going on here, that you thought we would find of interest. Right. > ________________________________ > From: authfriend <authfriend@...> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2013 2:40 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: compassion > > > > Â > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@> wrote: > > > > My guess is we've all done wrong and or stupid stuff at some point > > in our lives including lying and physically hurting others even > > those we love. So I vote for pragmatic and universal compassion. > > Just to be clear, by pragmatic compassion I don't mean the allowing > > of abuse. I mean something along the lines of hate the wrong doing, > > have compassion for the wrong doer but don't allow them to continue > > wrong doing. > > I guess you're not talking about FFL, then, huh? Unless > you have some magical formula that prevents wrongdoers > from continuing their wrongdoing. > > As to "physically hurting others," I suggest you speak for > yourself. My own guess is that most of us have managed to > avoid physical violence, to those we love as well as to > those we don't. > > > For yourself, steer clear of abusive behavior and do what's > > necessary to protect those who aren't able to protect themselves. >
