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Todd Sedlak commented on How can we stop suffering? on January 16, 2008, 11:53 PM
Having the subject of your opinion in your face is no more rationally valid than never having seen it at all. One's reaction to, as the example states, welfare mothers surrounding you would produce an emotionally charged opinion that would have little to do with rational thought. Having experienced suffering might give one perspective, but removing oneself from the stimulus to reflect on it also provides perspective. Perspective is needed just as much as experience in order to form valid, rational thoughts. One must step back from the trees and consider the forest.