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Message: [QUOTE="Windsorlocks, post: 2375426, member: 5993"] Expectations for displays of empathy, as in "the decent thing to do", lead to statements empathic with the injured individual. In this horrific injury instance, that's Hayward. Most of us, being decent in our hearts, are taken aback when someone instead responds with a comment dissing someone's chances at winning an NBA crown. When taken aback by an astounding show of "lack of empathy", it is common to call the person showing what most of us will indeed judge as "not the decent thing to do or say" bad names. Such as scum, for instance. The fact that this actually has to be spelled out is also a tad astounding. [/QUOTE]