Do you find that the very ones you pity also have an amazing

[Tuesday Afternoon]

capability of being insidiously irritating?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

1. yeah, mostly because people i pity, i also hold contempt for

they are plenty of people i feel bad for, or which their luck would change (thomcat) but i dont pity him.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

2. so weird --

I too, hold them in contempt. Perhaps, Thomcat is the excepetion that makes the rule.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

3. no, because i dont in any way pity thomcat. i feel badly about his health

but its a different emotion from pity

i mostly have pity on stupid people who make stupid decisions, like the poor who vote for republicans

[Tuesday Afternoon]

4. yes. That is the difference. I don't pity him either. Actually, I have

a lot of respect for the way he deals with his health issues. He seems determined to lead a full life in spite of his debilitating issues.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

5. exactly, i admire his ability to live and be joyful despite his health

i know i couldnt do it.

i pity stupid people.

[UTUSN]

6. Wow. This has been on my mind for a couple of days.

This person has an incredibly and gratuitously cruel streak. Yet responding in "kind" (what a pun) would be morally reprehensible because she is valiant in a very rough life. What to do.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

7. Where is the valiance in being cruel?

Is this the "cruel to be kind" theory?

[UTUSN]

8. The two things are separate, compartmentalized. We're all a mix.

When she's cruel she's cruel. Her own struggles are her own. I doubt she has any insight into her cruelty to *some* people (not others).

[Tuesday Afternoon]

9. She has a blind spot into her own psyche. I think, we are all guilty

of that, some of us more so than others. I wonder how she chooses which people to treat cruelly.

[UTUSN]

10. I wasn't going to disclose more, but I try to answer all sincere questions.

She's a "Sweet Charity" barmaid. She decides according to which gents pass money to her (and thereby help her with her struggling), and she's mean to others minding their own business.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

11. ok, thanks.

No more questions althought I continue to be intrigued, I will refrain from asking. She has my pity.