There is another blog I use about MS. We were talking about pity vs compassion and someone posted the following :
"“A crucial difference between them is that compassion involves far greater commitment for substantial help. Compassion involves willingness to become personally involved, while pity usually does not. Pity is more spectator-like than compassion; we can pity people while maintaining a safe emotional distance from them. While pity involves the belief in the inferiority of the object, compassion assumes equality in common humanity.”
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So in a nutshell, I’m pro-compassion ant-pity! Now to explain that to the rest of the world."
"“A crucial difference between them is that compassion involves far greater commitment for substantial help. Compassion involves willingness to become personally involved, while pity usually does not. Pity is more spectator-like than compassion; we can pity people while maintaining a safe emotional distance from them. While pity involves the belief in the inferiority of the object, compassion assumes equality in common humanity.”
The article is short if you have time to read it: Only registered and activated users can see links., Click Here To Register...
So in a nutshell, I’m pro-compassion ant-pity! Now to explain that to the rest of the world."
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