Re: Kindness and empathy, please?

On 3/15/25 09:44, Paul W. Schleck wrote:
> "The best way to spot an idiot? Look for the person who is cruel."
> 
> Good advice when encountering trolls whose basic schtick is to claim
> that they are smarter than you, and will call you names to prove it.
> 
> Video from Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker's 2023 commencement address
> at Northwestern University:
> 
> https://www.reddit.com/r/ClassicUsenet/comments/1jah2bk/kindness_and_empathy_please/


The meaure of a human being is the way that s/he treats those who can 
offer him/her nothing (or words to that effect, many sources). Loot and 
money are now god. Must we not forget that the equality we are born with 
is that of opportunity to become human beings, strictly on merit.


-- 
Ain't but five things in life
Worth fighting for,
Namely these four:
Sex, loot, and the freedom
To pursue high ideals!