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Re:In effect, Seattle is decriminalizing the use of hard drugs by malandrew on Friday August 23, 2019 @04:24PM (#20782197)
Time and time again, empathy leads to bad counterproductive policies with good intentions.

Compassion is a much better path.

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Re:In effect, Seattle is decriminalizing the use of hard drugs by ndarwincorn on Friday August 23, 2019 @04:31PM (#20782252)
I didn't think empathy had much to do with the tough on crime policies that are bearing this fruit today, or the dehumanizing rhetoric rampant in this thread that justifies doubling down on those failed policies.

Time and time again, fear leads to bad counterproductive policies with debateably good intentions.

I'm ignoring the meaningless/unspoken distinction between compassion and empathy in your comment.

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Re:In effect, Seattle is decriminalizing the use of hard drugs by malandrew on Friday August 23, 2019 @09:47PM (#20784626)
re: compassion vs empathy

google is your friend here since you don't know the difference:

https://www.google.com/search?q=compassion+vs+empathy

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