Starman, I don't know if jno is male or female. At first I thought male, but now I have my doubts. Whatever gender, it hadn't occurred to me that the mindset arises from any paternal/maternal instinct, but simply from an incurable case of ostrich syndrome. People like this are, to their detriment, and to the detriment of those around them, innately terminally evasive, and their palpable oblivion to the results of their pandering upon themselves and upon those around them is starkly apparent. This, I believe, is an incurable condition.
jno's link, although intended in some way to verify the benefits of religion to the human state, simply demonstrates the inability of the inadequate to exist without the support of those with whom they can relate, a requirement indicating, in my opinion, a weakness of mind - nothing else.
Where compassion is not obviously justified, it is a difficult one to assess, since some thrive on it We should, perhaps, show compassion in such instances, but not for the perceived trials and tribulations that these people feel they suffer, but for their inability to rid themselves of the egocentric streak that dominates their lives, inducing them to continually and purposefully demand attention through the application of unwarranted sympathy.
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