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Thread #91375   Message #1740996
Posted By: John Hardly
15-May-06 - 12:30 PM
Thread Name: BS: Defining terms: Liberal/Conservative
Subject: RE: BS: Defining terms: Liberal/Conservative
I might put a finer point to my fifth point. I might have said: A fair sense that an action should be judged on its outcome, not JUST its intention. That one doesn't get points for just doing something. ...that "something" really ought to work in order to be given credit. And recognizing that, while compassion is divine, pity is condescending and unhelpful.