This is not an argument for callousness.

这不是为麻木不仁做的理由。

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Previously he had been inclined to detach himself from the plight of victims of tragedy, not out of callousness but a sort of incuriosity.

从前，由于不好奇而非出于冷漠，他总是倾向于把自己从受害者的困境中分离出来。

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But isn't it callousness and insanity?

但是它难道不是冷酷和疯狂吗？

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Such callousness is not unusual in Juarez, where drug-related violence has claimed the lives of more than four thousand, eight hundreds people since 2008.

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While other leaders chastised German callousness, Lagarde listened to their objections, then left the room.

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