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I find it deeply disturbing, that comment dealing with systemic problem is judged by apparent feelings of the commenter.

• schiffern 11y ago
  In your view, is it less disturbing when systemic human problems are worked out without a shred of human compassion? Why or why not?
  • vlehto 11y ago
    First of all, perceived lack of compassion and actual lack of compassion are two different things. Especially over the internet. Secondly, judging comments solely by perceived compassion is obviously going to bias the decisions. Things like reason and scale easily get forgotten if compassion is the only criteria. Thirdly blaming people for not feeling the politically correct emotions is some hardcore thought police shit. Fourthly compassion is naturally biased towards obviously pathetic people who are physically close. Somebody coming from Uganda might consider Calais a complete non-problem. Someone living in Scotland might find local stray cats more compelling target for charity than any person anywhere. And there are significant populations who could contribute to the discussion, but are unable to either feel compassion or express it. (For example high functioning autists.) I really don't mind someone being compassionate while dealing with systemic human problems. But if it's somekind of requirement, it seems like really bad starting point.
  • Lawtonfogle 11y ago
    Don't surgeons work best when they can treat their patient as an it instead of a person? One of the reasons behind banning someone from doing surgery on a loved one is because they have a strong pre-existing emotional connection that reduces their effectiveness, no?