Our argument is with your specific views on the meaning of words. Other sources[1] define empathy as "feeling what another person feels" and sympathy as "havin

Our argument is with your specific views on the meaning of words. Other sources[1] define empathy as "feeling what another person feels" and sympathy as "having compassion for a person without necessarily feeling what they feel". In that case, the judge is clearly empathizing with the defendant, and not merely sympathizing. [1] http://grammarist.com/usage/empathy-sympathy/ http://grammarist.com/usage/empathy-sympathy/