hhmmm.....

well the story of this man is sad.
like you said, the conference should be so that persons can all come.
the meals for all.
and it is objectanable to have persons who are not living in, or have not lived in poverty telling about poverty.
those ideas are completely contrary to feminist principals.
completely contrary to a sense of social justice.
it is those who are most affected by something that shoudl have the most say about it.
social policy set in relation to some subject should be dictated by those who are most affected by that policy.
the poor should be consulted for social issues.
the ill should be consulted for health care policies.
the students for education policies.

ok, so what about no-phenol and compassion.
am not sure if am understanding your comment.
did you mean to say (or question?) wether lack of compassion had anything to do with no-phenol?

well clearly am not sure what connection these two have.
infact am not sure what connection there is to the poverty conference.
but am going to go on what am thinking about it.
have not seen any evidence for lack of compassion on no-phenol.
infact, have seen the opposite.
am not sure if it can be said truly as being the opposite. but shall explain.
have seen that there is greater expression of what is inside.
there is greater expression of desire.
greater expression of depth in feelings.
so, if the particular feeling ione is expressing is compassion, then there seemed to be greater expression of it.
as for, the connection to the conference.
was no-phenol discussed there?
or is it that you are taking no-phenol and you are wondering about the fact that you were sad, and notprotesting outwardly about the situatino at the conference.
f that is the case, perhaps it is not that no-phenol is making a lack of comapssin, but rather you have been enveloped in some amount of sadness allready, with things, the emails, and perhaps more, and then this happens at the conference you have not the energy to do anything other then be sad about it at that time.
this does not mean that your sense of justice, or compassion is gone, but rather that ou are doing what is needed for you right now.
does this make any sense?
seems to do so in mine mind, but have no idea what it is coming out like for anyone selse.
so shall see what transpires.

am also sad to hear about the way this conference was.
am also sad about other things too right now, and am tired to do other then be sad.
am in some sort of a "slump" again. for some reason.

lg