Posted by Jane D on October 2, 2001, at 1:46:44
In reply to Re: Terror's emotional effects » Marie1, posted by sar on September 30, 2001, at 22:53:58
> i do agree that age can be a great determining factor in ability to empathize.
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> at this point i'm only disgusted with the commercial aspects of this. at work we just received a shipment of WTC calendars. for every purchase, $1 goes to a widows & childrens fund. the intentions sound good but it still leaves a sick feeling in my stomach.
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> i'm just glad you understand. i'm not very good at putting myself in the other's mocassins, i'm afraid--it's a skill i'm still working on (starting to work on?)Sar - I've been thinking about age here too. I don't know about the connection between age and empathy in general but I think that the younger you are the harder this must be to comprehend. I find it a shock and I have already had years to think about issues such as pacifism, preventative strikes, just and unjust wars, US responsibility in the rest of the world, the nature of fundamentalist islam etc. I expect, that while we may have come to different conclusions, most of the other posters in this thread have had time to think about these things also. This may have shaken us up and caused us to rethink our opinions but most of the building blocks for those opinions were already in place. I can't imagine having to sort that all out in the last few weeks. I don't think it's possible. - Jane
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