There's 8 billion people in this world and I can only impact a few of them. Whopping them isn't a tool I prefer or tend to use, but I also recognize that it's the only tool some on the side of behaving decently have or some people respond to.
GreyEyedGhost
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Compassionate implies intent as well as behavior. But intent can never be really known. If correct behavior is achieved by them fearing God, loving God, compassion, or the pragmatic understanding that their behavior is going to cause damage to society and make their lives uncomfortable is pretty hard to judge from the outside, so I'll focus on the behavior. I'd prefer the more altruistic reasons, but I have only poor tools to make that assessment.
"Would the authoritarian just tell me what to do with no consideration of my preferences?"
I don't remember where I heard it first, but I've seen a number of his supporters (and Obama's detractors) get a little miffed when I said, "Remember, the president with five kids from three different women isn't the black one."
Oddly enough, if you save the image via Voyager for Android, it's perfectly viewable.
The real tragedy is that they both lasted too long.
The pragmatic part of me doesn't care how they get to the correct outcome. There are plenty of people who don't, with or without god.
It's a requirement, and a flaw, of the adversarial justice system, particularly where lawyers arent appointed, but hired. It breaks down if there isn't a vigorous defense of the accused, but it is exacerbated by money giving access to more capable defense, which can lead to rich people having a license to do whatever they want, up to and including killing their spouses.
And now we have a suspect!
j/k
Ah, there's the problem when trying to move stuff between Windows and my Steam Deck.
The problem with this, and it's a serious one, is that gives them the opportunity to say no.
Google that, and let me know what it says. Also, I didn't say they should, I said they do. You could as easily ask why some people engage in criminal activity or abusive behavior, and probably get the same answers.