"True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring."
2007-04-09 20:03:31 · 7 answers · asked by shawnwest111 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
To me, in my humble opinion, it means that you should not give just a few coins to a needy/homeless person. You should try to help them out. Buy them a hot meal, maybe an outfit, give them a shower, and at the end of the day you as well as the needy person will be different people. You shall feel great because you now know the true meaning of compassion, and he shall know that not everything in the GOD forsaken world is as bad as they seem.
2007-04-10 05:58:02 · answer #1 · answered by TabbieKat Loves You MUCH 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that true compassion is not just feeling sorry for someone or something, it's also solving the problem that caused the sympathy and not just provide temporary solutions.
The example in the quote says; you can give a beggar a coin out of sympathy but what you should really do is address causes that made the beggar and try to solve them.
2007-04-10 03:02:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To really help unfortunate people, you need to solve the root causes of their problems, ie make society a better place in general.
Easier said than done it would seem!
2007-04-10 00:15:54 · answer #3 · answered by _Jess_ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that the sense of shared suffering, most often combined with a desire to alleviate or reduce such suffering, is achieved when the source of that suffering is abolished.
2007-04-09 20:14:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means solve the problem (or the cause of the problem) and not just the symptoms.
2007-04-09 20:11:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means to tell that bum to get a job! By giving him a coin you are just enabling him to stay a bum.
2007-04-09 20:14:22 · answer #6 · answered by Dave 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Don't hate the player, hate the game.
2007-04-09 20:08:51 · answer #7 · answered by p37ry 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋