• poopkins@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    …until you’re personally involved in a fatal accident—even if by no fault of your own—where the other party would have survived. Post traumatic stress is no joke. I don’t think we should aspire to have a society with more suffering.

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      1 year ago

      Lol. Forcing people to do your bidding just ‘in case’ someone dies in your vicinity. What a tyrant.

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        1 year ago

        The argument I’ve made is that I don’t wish to personally suffer psychological damage because of somebody’s death. We don’t allow others to inflict harm in other ways, and this is in my opinion no different. It has nothing to do with tyranny.

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          No, you’ve demanded other people restrict themselves so that you are spared the ‘chance’ of “personally suffer psychological damage because of somebody’s death”.

          Pretending your demands have no consequence on others isn’t a valid defense. It’s pure selfishness expressed as tyranny.

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            1 year ago

            What an absolutely absurd position you’ve chosen to take on this. I can only hope for the sake of compassion that this is not what you actually believe.

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              "Forces others to do their bidding and draws on ‘compassion’ to justify it. "

              Narcissism defined folks.

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                1 year ago

                You’re quoting yourself. I never said any such thing and you’ve completely misrepresented my position.