Comments on: Help translate the Charter for Compassion video

By: Richard C

Richard C — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Good video but the concept really doesn’t work for me. The last thing we need is to codify compassion/ kindness by fettering it in a “charter”. Just do it. The world has enough charters, I think.

By: cotton M

cotton M — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Richard C-

I truly understand your point but it isn’t practical either. Maybe agreeing on a final charter is an impossible task but the conversation trying to get there would be invaluable. How else would an understanding of compassion happen? In silence? Yes compassion starts one person at a time but let’s not throw road blocks like “codify” & “fettering” in the road in the very first mile, please.

By: Tim Berry

Tim Berry — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

And (agreeing with cotton M and disagreeing with Richard C) let’s not forget that those who use religion to preach hatred and violence are organized in frameworks built around religion, misguided in my opinion, but still, the glue in a lot of the fundamentalists movements of different types is couched in religious terms. The existence of those organizations argues for this kind of organized response. Somebody has to remind people that the violence and hatred groups are splinter groups, misunderstanding the core teachings of whatever religion they happen to use as the host.