Brain not hard-wired to feel compassion

Reports in newspapers suggest that New brain imaging research showed an almost immediate 'wince' reaction to seeing someone's physical pain . By contrast the brain took a long time to respond to stories of social pain.
So is compassion a learned /developed skill or does it come inborn with our usual emo-make-up? This kind of research can throw on it's head the entire presumptions and assumptions of psychiatric medicine. Man develops his skills while he grows up and these developments are in direct response to the environment. Imagine if someone doesnt ever realise an opportunity for compassion when a child, how will that person ever be human- as we recognise ourselves ...
But this research tells a lot on why politicians seem to do everything to gain power to the extent that religion and casteism are played up to a point where conflict and violence are generated. Once the polity gets polarised the politicians can work their manifestos to accomodate the polarised segments. While enacting this deviousness they never feel that they are causing harm to the public. For them the ends justifies the means. That explains Gujrat and several other riots that have been engineered in the country for political gain.The politicians definitely lack compassion in this respect.
People who commit suicide do it because they do not find the compassion and understanding that they expect from their near and dear ones. When the expected support is wanting and they begin to feel alone and neglected that's when the feeling of hopelessness sets in and depression takes over. When the person find that there is no other way out, that's when he or she decides to end their lives.
Compassion is a nurturing element in life. It is life affirming as well as healing. Without compassion, there can be no understanding of another's pain!