The problem with human compassion
(Shankar Vedantan – THE WEEK February 19, 2010)
This report is very important, because it makes us think about what is the true meaning and the application for the word “compassion”. People from many different parts of the world made donations and raised $ 300,000 to rescue a dog that was drifting in a ship somewhere in the pacific ocean.
However, every day thousands of children die of hunger and diseases in Africa and other places and it does not make people a thousand times more sad. This leads us to believe that there is a disturbance of ideas.
So, it makes us think about what is less important? Thousands of lives saved from starvation and diseases or a dog adrift at sea?
This photo realy hurt....
ReplyDeletemy friend, i agree with you. i think this report is very important, either. keep going on.
ReplyDeleteVery well expressed, Erica.
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