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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (1090)	9/8/1999 10:23:00 AM
From: mark silvers	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6418

Charley- << the honorable person is inherently compassionate.>> Really? Is violence committed in the name of honor compassionate? Are wars fought for honor compassionate? <<Getting tired of the dunderheadedness that abounds on this subject.>> I feel the same way, especially since everyone else involved was more than willing to let it go yesterday. Does name calling make you feel better? Mark

To: Tom Clarke who wrote (1090)	9/8/1999 10:40:00 AM
From: C Kahn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6418

CharleyMane, Charles, people are only going to hear what they want to hear, no matter how well you explain it. Btw I read your definition of honor from your old dictionary yesterday. I thought it was great. If a person couldn't understand that, then they have a problem with comprehension. Regards, Colleen

To: Tom Clarke who wrote (1090)	9/8/1999 10:43:00 AM
From: MikeH	Respond to of 6418

As you can see from this definition, honor and compassion cannot truely be compared, because of the nature of what they are. Compassion is an aspect, it is clearly definable. To be compassionate, you help someone you feel sorry for. Piece of cake. Honor is not an aspect, but a lable. And as such, it is bestowed by others, and it is subject to mutable events. To our society, compassion is an aspect of honor, as are duty, respect, and nobility of action. And you are right, it is a false dichotomy. Comparing honor and compassion is as realistic as comparing a tomato to a salad. Sure, the salad can have a tomato, and it is better with one, but the salad has a lot of other stuff in there too. That is why I tried to clear it up by reducing what we were calling honor to an aspect, self actualization. This is still a somewhat mutable concept, and hence the fluidness of the posts.