I try to keep this idea of not taking pleasure in mind always - how can you? I can't shake the thought that it's indeed someone's mother, child, sister etc. It could be me or someone I love, so you can't really enjoy others' pain can you?
Well, you can, it seems. This world of ours is becoming so desensitized, so mad that by the time we realize it's happening, we'll just be little robots.
It is pulled in two ways, lack of emotional control and lack of compassion. People are emotional wrecks so often it desensitizes and makes us less able to recognize what real pain is in another person. It really is a mess. The best approach is that to be emotionally stable and understanding.