Reply #73

years ago. I am as appalled now when I read about the families, like the dead boy in Pakistan who had so much ambition for his future, and who was so loved by the people of his village, and of course his family eg, as I was by the first one.

Don't worry, people who care about human rights, sincerely that is, rarely ever become desensitized to violations of those rights. If that is the hope of those who violate human rights, they are likely to be very disappointed.

The number of threads on this forum and all over the world btw, should be a clue to them that while they may be immune to the killing of innocents they should not judge others by their own lack of normal human characteristics.

Most human beings possess what is known as an ability to empathize with other human beings. Some do not of course and those people are generally recognized as sociopaths. Once someone loses the ability to empathize with the suffering of others, they join that relatively small group. No, we are not desensitized. There can never be enough outrage over the killing of innocents, here or anywhere else.