"a flow of love that moves from one person to the other in the presence of suffering"
This is a circular definition of compassion, according to Buddhism. Rather, Buddhism defines compassion as the wish for others not to suffer, and loving-kindness as the wish for others to have happiness.
Freezing the assets of anarchists rioting in the streets is wonderfully Canadian, and I salute you. But locking people out of the banking system is not just limited to digital realities, I know because I had my bank account taken away from me 30 years ago. The practice of locking people out of the banking system, usually because they deserve it, is in fact exactly what is fueling the check cashing industry. It is what creates a subclass of homeless people. So I guess I'm just trying to say that this is nothing new, and it is certainly not unique to the experience of a few anarchists who don't want to wear their masks.
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I recently topped off a chainsaw with motor oil and noticed that it flung everywhere. Chainsaw oil has some additives in it that allow the oil to be picked up by the chain at high speed but not flung off the chain. I wonder how this question would be addressed using vegetable oil.
The ultimate ode to the index would be Nabokov's "Pale Fire", in which the rereader is encouraged to have three books open, one for the index, one for the place where you are, and another for your lookups.
This is a circular definition of compassion, according to Buddhism. Rather, Buddhism defines compassion as the wish for others not to suffer, and loving-kindness as the wish for others to have happiness.