pity

"I begged them not to hurt me. I called on the saints and begged them. But their hearts didn't pity me. They violated me."

It was a pity about the stage curtain, but really, what choice had she had?

Should she run, or fight, or cower helplessly in the hope that the wolf would take pity and leave them alone?

Surely it would be a pity to interrupt them.

It is a pity because such perspective would help us grapple with the fundamental human conundrum that technological advance so often outpaces moral progress.