From: robtelee@yabbs
To: Destiny@yabbs
Subject: other's shoes
Date: Mon Feb 14 01:27:27 1994

In order to accomplish what you describe, two people would have to occupy 
the EXACT same spot at the EXACT same time.  As we all know, this is just 
not possible.  I think what is needed is empathy, or understanding of 
another's situation.  Understanding is the ability to interpret the 
actions of another by knowing what information was mentally processed in 
order to draw the conclusion that was arrived at.  It is not, to coin a 
phrase, "Monday morning quarterbacking" or second guessing.

This situation arises in the aftermath of a police-involved shooting.  A 
police officer makes a split-second decision on whether or not to shoot.  
He is then second-guessed at the leisure of the courts and the public.  I 
am not saying ALL police involved shootings are justified.  I am merely 
saying that the facts should speak for themselves.