Comments on: Pity http://www.andrewsw.com/news/?p=264 The Blog of Andrew - at AndrewSW.com Fri, 24 May 2013 08:56:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: sam http://www.andrewsw.com/news/?p=264#comment-100 Sat, 05 Jul 2003 06:20:48 +0000 http://www.andrewsw.com/news/?p=264#comment-100 I agree, pity is not a good thing. Its good that you see the difference between empathy and pity, and you phrase it very well. For some, the line between the two blurs, and they either seem to end up pitying everyone, or thinking that other people are pitying them all the time.<br /> <br /> I'd like to go vaugely off-topic and mention my extended version of the 'give a man a fish' quote.<br /> <br /> "Give someone a fish, and they eat for a day. Teach them to fish, and they eat for a lifetime. But teach them to THINK, and they won't have to spend their whole life eating nothing but fish."<br /> <br /> Think about it. :) I agree, pity is not a good thing. Its good that you see the difference between empathy and pity, and you phrase it very well. For some, the line between the two blurs, and they either seem to end up pitying everyone, or thinking that other people are pitying them all the time.

I’d like to go vaugely off-topic and mention my extended version of the ‘give a man a fish’ quote.

“Give someone a fish, and they eat for a day. Teach them to fish, and they eat for a lifetime. But teach them to THINK, and they won’t have to spend their whole life eating nothing but fish.”

Think about it. :)

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