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Comment author: JonahSinick 20 May 2015 05:59:02AM 1 point [-]

I don't know whether you're being playful, defeatist, or misreading me. :-)

My point is that it is possible to come close to having his level of compassion: that the difference is apparently to a surprisingly large degree more environmental than genetic.

Are you claiming that communicating this point is hopeless?

Comment author: James_Miller 20 May 2015 02:41:12PM *  0 points [-]

I misread you.

How would you differentiate between someone who (1) has shifted in the direction of MLK via compassion, or someone who has (2) reached his level of compassion?