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Karen Armstrong Argues for Practical Compassion, Christian Science Monitor, April 17, 2012

  • Christian Science Monitor, April 17, 2012

by Christian Science Monitor, April 17, 2012

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"Certainly great harm has been done in the past 100 years; two major world wars, nuclear weapons, massive displacement of peoples – it was a terrible century. But on the other hand we’ve got new ways to communicate, including social media, which is really how the charter’s operating a lot of the time. This string draws us together in a way that we weren’t all together before. We’ve created a global market where we are all connected, whether we like it or not. Poverty over there will redound on our own economies. We’re all involved."

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