In the nervous "it might happen to me too" of tragic compassion there is an aloofness from the sufferer and his suffering that is absent in the most paradigmatic exemplars of Christian compassion.
Its object is all suffering, even suffering of which none but the sufferer will ever be specifically aware; and compassion can be awakened and reinforced by the very realization that much suffering goes unnoticed and unrequited.
But, thanks to the international war on drugs, the "God-given benefits of the poppy", once accessible to the poorest sufferer, are now unavailable in most countries even to those suffering the pain of terminal cancer.In this section An author you can't refuse Choose your poison White out Taking the plunge Visible hands Coming ashore Reprints Related items Stumbling in the darkJul 26th 2001And why?
Based on a true story, its stars McConaughey as an AIDS sufferer who smuggles drugs for other patients to treat the HIV virus in the early days of the disease in the 1980s.
And this from a man who is not just a fellow depression sufferer but a coach of young talent.
MND progressively weakens the muscles until the sufferer cannot do anything by himself.
"I always had a soft spot for him because he was a sufferer and he was very dramatic in the literary sense – dramatic language.
One depression sufferer, John Lake, told me recently that he had done the London marathon and triathlon.
The risk of vulnerable consumers falling victim to postal scams has been underlined by the case of an 84-year-old dementia sufferer who was bombarded by letters claiming he had won prizes.
If a disabled sufferer of the bedroom tax angrily accosted Iain Duncan Smith, it would not be the place of privileged me to tut at them.
In a battle of David and David, the dogged, put-upon sufferer from Valencia David Goffin hope by losing focus midway through their quarter-final before digging in to win 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 in two hours and nine minutes.
