Walk a mile in Omar's shoes

[arahant]

I was really hoping that this was going to be about The Wire. That might have made a good ethics thread, with all sorts of opportunity for people to vent dogma, too.

[coberst]

Empathy is a character trait that is valuable for our day-to-day life also. It is not just to prevent war or to help win a war; it is about understanding our neighbor or our boss or our kids or our parents. It is about some of the things that humans can do to faciluate harmony in the society. The habit of empathy is vital to our survival.

[jogger08152]

No, yes, yes, yes. And I disagree: I feel sympathy for the mother of the bomber, too.