tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386256495088401444.post1376416237299818506..comments2024-03-29T06:38:52.164+03:00Comments on A Soldier's Mother: Arrogantly SympatheticA Soldier's Motherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11370218893899121159noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386256495088401444.post-13081978608690748552012-07-06T20:12:20.317+03:002012-07-06T20:12:20.317+03:00An expression of sympathy, if it is not an outrigh...An expression of sympathy, if it is not an outright falsehood, reflects an emotion, a chemical state that exists only in the brain of the speaker. Sympathy is not an action word; not a term of behavior. Sympathy is the term used by someone who is preparing to ignore your situation and let human nature run its course. <br /><br />"I sympathize with your situation," always leaves out the predicate, "but my hands are tied." <br /><br />Zalman LachmanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386256495088401444.post-9545371762393530822012-07-04T00:10:16.800+03:002012-07-04T00:10:16.800+03:00Arrogant is the word to describe him, even autisti...Arrogant is the word to describe him, even autistically arrogant, because he couldn't relate to people as human beings. Babbling about numbers, ignoring humanity. How pathetic.<br /><br />Paula, that was an excellent article. A few years ago I wrote sadly about the friend who had introduced me to Zionism which was <a href="http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2007/10/this-is-very-hard-for-me.html?spref=bl" rel="nofollow"> Very Hard For Me</a>. At least my old friend later gave me a call. We disagree on policy, but he's a mensch.Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386256495088401444.post-69405607947608087482012-07-03T22:48:02.005+03:002012-07-03T22:48:02.005+03:00This was incredibly well written and right on the ...This was incredibly well written and right on the mark.Obviously,David,isn't the only friend we have that has "undergone this change."<br />But,I really believe David underneath it all,is still the same David, and in his own way,I assume, he thinks he is doing his bit for "Am Yisrael."You might call it wishful thinking,but I do not believe we all misjudged the guy who was always in the forefront of helping the fight to release Soviet Jewry as well as other battles he was involved in.shlomonoreply@blogger.com