The Failure of Empathy

American G.I., Alyssa Peterson, who committed suicide after refusing to torture Iraqi prisoners.

"The official probe of her death would later note that earlier she had been "reprimanded" for showing "empathy" for the prisoners. One of the most moving parts of the report, in fact, is this: "She said that she did not know how to be two people; she ... could not be one person in the cage and another outside the wire."" Full Story »

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by Dwight Rousu - Aug. 17, 2009

This vignette provides a window to our humanity, or lack of it. Short and relevant.

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