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Re:Concerned about veteran with PTSD, judge serves time with... by civilian on Friday April 22, 2016 @03:55PM (#11552149)
It's because he's better at empathy than us. :)
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Re:Concerned about veteran with PTSD, judge serves time with... by pessimizer on Friday April 22, 2016 @04:03PM (#11552198)
Your argument is with English, not me.
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Re:Concerned about veteran with PTSD, judge serves time with... by saalweachter on Friday April 22, 2016 @06:59PM (#11553115)
Our argument is with your specific views on the meaning of words.

Other sources[1] define empathy as "feeling what another person feels" and sympathy as "having compassion for a person without necessarily feeling what they feel". In that case, the judge is clearly empathizing with the defendant, and not merely sympathizing.

[1] http://grammarist.com/usage/empathy-sympathy/

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Re:Concerned about veteran with PTSD, judge serves time with... by derrida on Friday April 22, 2016 @05:23PM (#11552647)
Can you see any dramatic irony here?

People use words in a variety of ways - communication: a search for a language that is also yours!

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