Some, especially the fictional-simplified villains and many of the real life individuals indirectly, say that the Compassion is a weakness. And they say it the way that is very sound. And I haven't hear a lot of equally sound counter arguments beside a good punch in the face.
So here's my counter.
Compassion can build alliance. It can build trust. And trust and compassion together can disarm a weapon that was pointed toward me or even turn it to the opposite way. And once it's done, it is formidable. The only one who can't be affected this way are the unfeeling or un-influenceable entities or objects. And as far as I know, such thing doesn't exist on this planet.
There is a downside of compassion and it is a major one, is that 99% of the time the messages aren't delivered the way it was suppose to be, due to the most lifeforms evolutionary path that made every living things very defensive and suspicious toward any familiar things that can potentially harm them so they can accomplish their self preservation, and our limited methods to send those messages (we all know any known existing languages aren't perfect, not without making everyone a hybrid-mind which means 0% individuality). While the message of the opposite action, such as attacking somebody with a lethal weapon, tend to hit the heart of a person directly.
But that 'downside' can be resolved with enough amount of compassion and doing it right.
Calling it a 'weakness' is not a strength. It's just an unintelligence and an impatience.
So cheer up and be nice. :)
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