Compassion - A Fast Disappearing Virtue

A murdered man corpse is left to rot on the roof for three years by the policemen themselves. A mentally disabled man is forced to drown in the sea by baton waving policemen.

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A 11 year old boy is beaten up, tied in chains and dragged after he was accused of stealing Rs 20/- by shopkeepers in UP. A conservative father runs his vehicle over his darling daughter because he was unhappy by her Westernized ways.

All this and many, many more incidents are taking place all over the world each very brutal and shocking. Why is it so. Have the most intelligent creation of this world, having the power to think and reason become so callous that nothing, just nothing should be allowed to cross him.

We are not animals, I was watching Discovery Channel and saw a mother Zebra giving birth to the young one, unfortunately he was deformed and could not get up. The whole herd was grazing nearby but no one came near, at the first danger signal the Zebras started running away, the helpless mother stayed for sometime with the sick baby but ultimately she also ran away, knowing that he cannot be saved.

We are also becoming indifferent, maybe practical without any emotions. If we see any one being ill-treated we just walk on why should we interfere in matters which does not concern us, stories of how accident victims have lost their lives because of this apathy are numerous.

Why are we behaving like this,because of the retribution, a common man fears that if he helps someone he will be punished by the endless rounds of police-station or courts and a time will come when the case will become so long drawn that he will be cursing himself for his good deed.

Well, those in power do these acts because they have no fear of any retribution. They know that no major action will be taken against them, so why not go ahead and torture someone.After all who will punish them. A very sad state of affairs indeed.