I was thinking that this type of compassion is largely attributed to self-image or self recognition and usually coincides with some type of media coverage. Compassion definitively infers the alleviation of pain or suffering, mental or physical, through some type of interaction or intervention and I would think that compassion is a valuable asset to all of humanity. It is easily seen what happens when compassion is absent in any given setting. I guess we are beyond lobsters at this thread point as there numerous other examples of misguided human compassion run amok. Is it possible that this type of compassion is merely another extension of political correctness?
On Jan 13, 11:16 am, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting. But I thought we were talking about why people do things > in the name of compassion that really aren't compassionate at all. > > On Jan 13, 11:57 am, "Ian Pollard" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Molly, > > > Just to be clear, I just meant that the concept of a "meme" was Dawkins' > > idea. In fact, in the article you linked to the author states Graves' idea > > functions perfectly without the meme concept, but is more easily explained > > with it. > > > Ian --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
