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"this is about as good motivation as we'll ever have to keep plugging along." So, other people dying of cancer not as good motivation?

therajiv 9y ago
Sorry if I came off that way, that's not at all what I meant. My comment was more along the lines of putting a face to statistics; reading about the numbers of people dying is a weaker motivator than hearing the stories behind the lives that are lost to cancer.
dang 9y ago
Please be charitable when commenting here. That means responding to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone might mean, instead of a weaker one that's more offensive or ridiculous. We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14794057 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14794057 and marked it off-topic.
Blastacular 9y ago
Hey! There's no reason why you can pretend it's wrong or offensive that someone has a preference or fondness for one person over others. There's no rule that says people ought to like each other the same, and nothing wrong that they don't. Don't be so narrow minded, and try to make someone's joy or love wrong! You doing that is the wrong thing and must be called out. How dare you, seriously! On the news of someone's death to say that another expressing their sincere sentiment toward that is not good enough because it didn't include a reference to all other suffering. You pretend to be sticking up for suffering, but by trying to rob legitimacy from a subjective appreciation of one instance you rob it from all. Do you not see! Ask not for whom the bell tolls. The whole point of feelings is they are subjective. You have no power to judge these people and their emotions have nothing held over them by your scroogelike pronouncements. Be gone from here abject troll or cleanse your vile mouth before next you dare to speak! - Random wanderer leaping to the defence of a fellow human.

therajiv 9y ago

Sorry if I came off that way, that's not at all what I meant. My comment was more along the lines of putting a face to statistics; reading about the numbers of people dying is a weaker motivator than hearing the stories behind the lives that are lost to cancer.

dang 9y ago

Please be charitable when commenting here. That means responding to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone might mean, instead of a weaker one that's more offensive or ridiculous. We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14794057 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14794057 and marked it off-topic.

Blastacular 9y ago

Hey! There's no reason why you can pretend it's wrong or offensive that someone has a preference or fondness for one person over others. There's no rule that says people ought to like each other the same, and nothing wrong that they don't. Don't be so narrow minded, and try to make someone's joy or love wrong! You doing that is the wrong thing and must be called out. How dare you, seriously! On the news of someone's death to say that another expressing their sincere sentiment toward that is not good enough because it didn't include a reference to all other suffering. You pretend to be sticking up for suffering, but by trying to rob legitimacy from a subjective appreciation of one instance you rob it from all. Do you not see! Ask not for whom the bell tolls. The whole point of feelings is they are subjective. You have no power to judge these people and their emotions have nothing held over them by your scroogelike pronouncements. Be gone from here abject troll or cleanse your vile mouth before next you dare to speak! - Random wanderer leaping to the defence of a fellow human.