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I don't think one's wealth really has any impact on compassion. If you are broke and a compassionate person, you're likely to be compassionate if you acquire wealth. The advantage of being compassion… (View Post)
(Quote) Look up the Kellogg-Briand act. We have outlawed war before with the League of Nations established as the adjudicating body to regulate competition. That was in the 1920s. And Japan, Germany,… (View Post)
(Quote) But even such a humanitarian impulse requires a massive undertaking that only a large military force could assist in. Even if you were to desire the evacuation of innocents and no one else, o… (View Post)
I do agree with the thrust of the Buddha's teaching that life tends towards suffering and much (I would not argue all) of life's suffering is rooted in our desires and cravings. But this does not see… (View Post)
The reason the US is invoked so much is that it is the only major power capable of potentially intervening on a large scale to something like this. I don't think Victorious' analogy is unkind. My Gre… (View Post)