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When You Don't Look At People As People
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Things like this happen all the time -- a car full of teen boys shot a homeless man with paintballs and drove away laughing -- and it reminds us that there are a lot of teens who exhibit a remarkable lack of empathy towards other human beings. I've been subjected to that while running -- idiots hanging out their truck windows screaming homophobic slurs, throwing trash at me, veering towards me and honking -- and it's entertainment to them. That a human being is at the other end and might be hurt is not even in the equation. I know, it's always been this way, but it wouldn't have occurred to me to do that when I was a teen; is it poor parenting or something within the kid's souls (or lack thereof)? (KIRO-TV/Seattle)
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