People stand on the Place de la Republique in Paris on Dec. 2, next to a model Eiffel Tower, flowers and French flags layed in memory of the victims of the deadly attacks in and around Paris on Nov. 13. (Joel Saget, AFP/Getty Images)
Re: “Why we care more about Paris than other terror targets,” Nov. 28 Gregory Rodriguez column.
The Roman playwright Terence observed, “Nothing human is alien to me.” For Western man, since the time of Columbus, this precept has been debased and re-interpreted as, “Nothing alien is human to me.” Gregory Rodriguez seems to think that “empathy” requires multiple points of identity/similarity between us and those who have suffered an injury beyond simple humanity. No wonder the Western press pays so little attention to suffering in the global south (let alone in its own backyard).
Hermon George Jr. Westminster
This letter was published in the Dec. 6 edition.
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