It is inherent to our spiritual side to have empathy for any being, even when we disdain his actions and his chosen solutions to the puzzles of life. Without the ability to acknowledge the suffering behind the insanity of Pol Pot, we close the door on our own ascendancy, such as it may be. Absolute resentment is a self-defeating position. This does not mean we have to endorse anything he did, stood for or said--these are shallow, short-term manifestations--in order to feel empathy for him.



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