Emotional connections compel us to support a cause because we hope to prevent others from enduring the same suffering.
Wary of split screens on CNN and other networks, Mr. Romney managed, despite a dry throat and some rapid blinking, to keep a choirboy smile pasted on his face while Mr. Obama spoke; Mr. Obama was quicker to drop his bonhomie and adopt the look of a long-suffering headmaster enduring the excuses of a bright student he is going to expel.
After enduring the death of his 14-year-old son from an unusual genetic disease, Rabbi Kushner was haunted by the question of why the all-powerful God cannot stop the suffering of good people.
Heads of state of 15 Caribbean nations will gather in St Vincent on Monday to unveil a plan demanding reparations from Europe for the enduring suffering inflicted by the Atlantic slave trade.
There has to be point where we go beyond the act of enduring, silent suffering, and noble martyrdom.
But the public do not like the idea of animals enduring great suffering to no purpose, and Victims of Charity argues that this is precisely what is happening".
"This report lays bare the enduring suffering of civilians in Iraq and starkly illustrates what Iraqi refugees are attempting to escape when they flee," said the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein.
If Lent is a time for penitence, Easter is for affirmation, for recognition of the enduring cycle of suffering and resurrection.
The figures capture those who were killed or maimed by overt violence, but countless others have died from the lack of access to basic food, water, or medical care," Hussein said. . "This report lays bare the enduring suffering of civilians in Iraq and starkly illustrates what Iraqi refugees are attempting to escape when they flee to Europe and other regions.
