Re: Walk a mile in Omar\'s shoes
Empathy and ignorance are not the only options - this is something of a false dichotomy as well.
I think it's possible to understand someone from a strategic or academic viewpoint without seeing the world from their perspective, or caring what they're going through. And it's possible to do positive things based on a general principles, without understanding the other party at all. I'd go as far to argue most of the good in the world is done as a result of principles and not as a result of empathy.
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