This is the topic. Carefully read the last 2 lines. Note that you don't have to read between the lines.

How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is an aphorism,
The answer is an aphorism.


Are devotees of the aphorism known as aphids?

The question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?
~Jeremy Bentham