The Right to Compassion
is about alleviating pain and suffering,
by giving and receiving compassion,
to and from other people and oneself.
The Right to Compassion aids any decision-making process.
We simply ask, What is the choice here that reduces suffering and pain?
As a visual-oriented species,
human beings are frustrated when not able to see something we are so curious to see.
But a dead person with head and chest torn open by bullet wounds is a violent vision.
The choice to not present the Bin Laden photos publicly prevents pain.
It is a choice of compassion.
Think of the children,
exposed to such vision,
including innocent children of the deceased.
(Note: 9-11 family survivors have said that seeing this photo
would not alleviate their pain.)
would not alleviate their pain.)
I declare the Right to Compassion.
