In a beautiful passage from Les Miserables,Hugo speculates that Napoleon at Waterloo might be compared to a race horse that was crippled who we all feel great sorrow and compassion for. Contrast this to the envy and loathing that we tend to feel when a rich man loses his fortune especially in the market. One notes a middle response to Tiger Woods missing his third cut in a row in a major tournament. There is empathy because he is a personage of color, but an opposite because he was not a man of faith?