Amen.

I could never verbalize something like this myself, but I very much agree. On what you say about faith, and passing judgement. It also seems that some people seem to take people's acceptance of Faith and their understanding of what led her to act the way she did, constitutes blaming the other characters.

Now, as for Buffy, I do believe she has shown humility before. f.exa. when she believes she's killed a girl in the woods, she's going to take the responsibility for it(I would have been there right along with Spike telling her 'this is retarded' btw). She has shown Faith compassion and mercy(saving Faith's life on the roof in 'Sanctuary' being a very golden example, having her attack her mother, then steal her body, sleep with her boyfriend then run off to her other love. Still Buffy didn't step over the line. Very admirable). She's a good person, but as we all do, she has her flaws, tempers, etc. Also, she is a leader, she's the warrior, the one with the responsibility of the world and multiple lives places squarely on her tiny shoulders. She can't afford to go around being humble. She has to trust her own instincts first and foremost.

eep! and I'd planned on writing a simple amen *blames the 'burn'*