I still say basic compassion is innate to each of us and socialized to what society sees as being acceptable.
Since this development is haphazard and often occurs in tandem with abuse, our compassion becomes a somewhat weak and unpredictable thing. We can't rely on it in ourselves, we can't rely on it in others, at times we might be surprised by it, at other times we might despair at our own lack of it.
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Date: 2008-06-03 12:08 am (UTC)Since this development is haphazard and often occurs in tandem with abuse, our compassion becomes a somewhat weak and unpredictable thing. We can't rely on it in ourselves, we can't rely on it in others, at times we might be surprised by it, at other times we might despair at our own lack of it.