Aug 23 2009
Misplaced Compassion: The Inevitable Downfall of Scotland
Do you know the definition of “misplaced compassion”?
Taking a prisoner convicted of a crime that resulted in the deaths of 270 innocent people, and releasing him early because he suffers from prostrate cancer, so he can die in peace with his family.
I think many in this world truly don’t understand what compassion is all about.
There is a time and place for any and all human behaviors and emotions. But there also exists a time and a place where the seemingly perfect emotion (such as love, humility, or compassion) needs to be withheld to create the correct results.
What if a person were to see, God forbid, his sister being raped, and he had a clear shot at the rapist without any risk to his sister? Would he argue, like the Scottish government, that he should be compassionate to the rapist, who, after all, is a human being deserving of living out the rest of his life? Well, I know what I would do…
You might disagree with this statement (frankly, that doesn’t bother me):
There is a concept of a person giving up his right to live. When one can wantonly take away the life of one innocent person (let alone 270!), he has forfitted his freedom, and has declared that his life is no longer sacred.
To be compassionate to a murdered is not compassion. It is showing that you have never understood or will understand what true mercy is all about.
The Lockerbie bomber forfeited any and all rights as a human being, and the Scottish government demonstrated how little they know about the world.
When one shows compassion to those deserving of none, this will eternally mess with one’s minds and emotions, and continued terribly tragic decisions are inevitable.
Oh heroic Lockerbie murderer, wave goodbye forever to the ultra-compassionate Scotland.
(Please see parts 1, 2, 3, and 4 of where I write about this concept and its application to the first king of Israel, as well the modern Israeli government.)
