Pubdate: Thu, 06 Nov 2003
Source: Memphis Flyer (TN)
Copyright: 2003 Contemporary Media, Inc.
Contact:  http://www.memphisflyer.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2403
Author: Chris Leek

A LACK OF COMPASSION?

To the Editor:

Those enjoying the stories about Rush Limbaugh's addiction to painkillers 
(Letters, October 23rd issue) should step back, take a good look at their 
lack of compassion, and ask themselves if they truly like what they are 
becoming. The joy that they are experiencing over someone else's misery 
says a lot more about them than getting addicted to painkillers (for pain) 
says about Limbaugh.

To be less than perfect is all too human; to enjoy someone else's pain is 
inhumane and cruel. Apparently, the first thing lost in the war on drugs 
wasn't just the Bill of Rights. It was our very humanity and our sense of 
compassion.

Chris Leek
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