peterstride	Re: Shooting the Wounded - A Lack of Compassion
	Please stop fighting! Not that I want to get into the middle of this... JanG had something to say and she said it. She didn't call people names, she didn't insult them, she didn't target minorities... I personally found her post informative, because it reminds us to look at ourselves with a bit more scrutiny. Obviously, some have raw nerves that are easy to get to if they subconciously feel that they are lacking in those qualities being mentioned (especially after being in the Borg), but that's the price we pay for freedom of speech. Would we rather be back in the WTS where anything we said that didn't exactly go along party lines, would be brought to the elders attention? Not me... I remember, back in the days when I was an active JW, that I would tell others to look at themselves also. Now I realize why I did (and sometimes still do) that. It's because I was lacking certain qualities, and by talking about it/telling others what I felt they should be doing, I was mirroring those things onto them. Sometimes, I was reinforcing it into myself to also do better. Hey, it's part of human nature to accuse others of something that we ourselves are guilty of. If JanG wrote something about compassion, why not just take it at face value, and not judge? Maybe it's Jan's way of trying to be more compassionate! Let's not judge each other...please. I like most of the posters here and I keep learning a lot from all of you! Yes, including Tina, outnfree, JanG (just to mention a few from this particular thread) and many many more. Love & peace, Peter Stride Toronto, Canada
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