Lots of us did dumb ass things in high school;

[soccer1]

19. Lack of empathy

Seems to me that Romney has trouble empathizing with others, whether the "other" be his dog Seamus or his school-mate who was pinned to the floor and had his hair chopped off by an "old enough to know better" Romney. Although Romney has "matured" enough over the years to abstain from such obviously grotesque and cruel behaviors, I wonder if his actions at Bains, his insensitive remarks on the campaign trail and the policies he would pursue if he were POTUS are not born of the same character flaw, that flaw being an inability to empathize unless the object of empathy is like himself?