Should We Have Compassion?

In my opinion, compassion is a beautiful thing. It seems to be one of those elements that separates us from being savage. I mean, for one, our concern in compassion isn't ourselves but the rather the focus is in the love and desires of others. Having a sense of compassion reminds us, as people, that another has needs too. Its respectful to be considerate for what others expect. those without compassion go off and do harm to people. They are usually ruthless and aim to only have things done or dealt with. Its not to say this person is wrong in anyway, but something about it just sounds ugly. It shows an animalistic behavior or "survival of the fittest" or being savage. To be compassionate means having the ability to love. There are people in this world, as well as history, that can't do that. I have met people that don't care if someone falls or if someone goes without as long as they still get to have what they want. I mean, the way the world works is fragile. We mustn't  take advantage of it and the people creatures it. So do we need compassion? Probably not, but it is  one of those things in life that is there for our comfort and pleasure. To ask that question is like asking, must we have joy? must we have desires? are pleasures worth anything? Its true, we don't need it, and even often, its lack of compassion that gets things done. But to not have compassion takes away the some juice from the fruits of life. So I guess to that question I answer: We are not savage, we are not machines, we are people and the ability to love is one of our gifts.