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Posted by Trisha the Severe Hottie (Member # 6000) on :

Tolerance
Compassion

I'm trying to figure out if they really occupy different slots.

Posted by AvidReader (Member # 6007) on :

To me at least, compassion involves empathy while tolerance does not. If I am moved to help by what I've seen, I have compassion. If I put up with something becuase it's not worth fighting about, I'm tolerating it.

*Waits for a Grammer Commie to wander by so I can see how I did.*

Posted by punwit (Member # 6388) on :

I'd have to agree with AR, compassion denotes a connectedness and a sense of empathy whereas tolerance implies simply putting up with.

Posted by ae (Member # 3291) on :

Tolerance
Compassion

The difference seems clear enough to me.

[ December 24, 2004, 10:25 AM: Message edited by: ae ]