re: Mexican commits suicide after deportation from the United States

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You can't dehumanize yourself. It's impossible. You are a human. We can pretend that Schadenfreude isn't part of us, but pretending is all that it is.

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Some are more human than others. It's called a soul. Along the way, people have destroyed theirs until they just can't feel anymore, have empathy or appreciate what having a bit of class is like.

I was raised this way, maybe it's an old southern tradition that's faded away but I still try to have a bit of reverence for the dead and their families regardless of whether I have contact with them.