Is your sympathy affected by your impressions of someone?
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2016 2:16 pm
I'm afraid I would have to say that mine is.
With regard to the Christina Morris kidnapping trial...I am sad that she met this fate, just as I would be with any human being. However, finding out during the course of this trial that she was dating a drug dealer and took drugs (and apparently sold them to "friends") has lessened my pity for her.
To repeat, sorry that she died. But there is an old saying: "When you lie down with dogs you get fleas". I don't think she "got what was coming to her" but knowing the thuggish crowd she willingly ran around with makes her a less sympathetic figure in my mind.
You?
With regard to the Christina Morris kidnapping trial...I am sad that she met this fate, just as I would be with any human being. However, finding out during the course of this trial that she was dating a drug dealer and took drugs (and apparently sold them to "friends") has lessened my pity for her.
To repeat, sorry that she died. But there is an old saying: "When you lie down with dogs you get fleas". I don't think she "got what was coming to her" but knowing the thuggish crowd she willingly ran around with makes her a less sympathetic figure in my mind.
You?