Posted by Declan on December 8, 2006, at 13:30:32
In reply to Re: Thinking and Feeling for Others, posted by linkadge on December 8, 2006, at 11:30:45
Well, he was a friend of mine, and I would like, just for a little while, to have him remembered.
It is one of the most basic things about being human...that we remember the dead, not for their sake, but for ours.
Other animals do it, elephants certainly.
As for all the desperate people? I dunno.
(We cope with the despair of others more readily, given our heirarchy.)
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