tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post5161185260275972565..comments2024-02-29T03:57:00.088-05:00Comments on The Mermaid's Tale: Empathy: an ex-student's path to discoveryAnne Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212151396672651221noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-9463141596347776322012-06-20T19:58:09.320-04:002012-06-20T19:58:09.320-04:00This was perhaps an imperfect way to say that thos...This was perhaps an imperfect way to say that those of us with resources and control over resources and who gets them, have set the system up so that we maintain that command and control. This is at great cost to those who have less than we do. if we had more empathy, the kind of empathy Mario wrote of in his blog post, we wouldn't let ourselves do it. But it's a rare person of privilege who will let it go. <br /><br />'We' could mean the 1% vs the 99% of the Occupy movement here in the US, or on a larger scale the US and Europe, who use a disproportionate fraction of the world's natural resources vs poor countries. Wherever people rationalize and justify having and keeping more. I do not exempt myself.Anne Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212151396672651221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-11928899040804761032012-06-20T19:42:54.949-04:002012-06-20T19:42:54.949-04:00Anne,
I certainly agree that we are very privilege...Anne,<br />I certainly agree that we are very privileged and don't spend much time thinking about it on a day to day basis when we are centered so much on our own private interests and desires and frustrations. But, could you elaborate a little bit more on your last sentence about privilege and empathy. I would like to understand more about this.<br />MarthaMarthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03209676240779634212noreply@blogger.com