(March 27, 2013 at 8:47 am)Faith No More Wrote: I'm still not entirely certain I understand what you mean by "praiseworthy," but could you give an example of the praise outweighing the suffering?
Sure. I will give an example of a close family member. He has been tortured in Jail, kicked out of his country, all for being political active. He is political active to get the people to remove a dictatorship. He suffers a lot as a result. He is currently away from his family.
I believe his resilience and risking suffering and his sacrifice, outweighs the suffering he went and is going through.
This is just an example. But what I really meant is not on a individual to individual basis. It has more to do with over all in the system, the opportunity of praise outweighs the over all suffering.
What I mean by praiseworthy, is that you are worthy of praise, not that you are praised by people.