Martha: Peter, I am nearly non-plussed. These attitudes are usually based on belief in a religion. Are you now saying that belief in religion represents unresolved personal issues? Are you a psychologist, or can I take your analyses with a grain of Celtic salt? Anyway, this is sort of apples and oranges, since this analogy is about morality based on religious belief, whereas the original issue is ethics based on an emotion (compassion). -: >... I hope you can bare over with me ... Martha: Is this a "Freudian typo," given the above topic? :-) Cheers, Martha