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I care about others because I care about the person I am. > A kid born in the year 10,000 is a stranger to me. And if treated with a modicum of attention and

by musage 9y ago

I care about others because I care about the person I am. > A kid born in the year 10,000 is a stranger to me. And if treated with a modicum of attention and love, it will be much wiser than you before it even enters school. Rationalizing having given up, and pretending everybody has, comes way after that.

notyourday 9y ago
> I care about others because I care about the person I am. When someone says that I ask them "Have you donated everything you made this month above the poverty level in your country to some kids who can't afford to eat say in Bangladesh per chance or its equivalent?" They typically respond with a "No" followed by a very convoluted explanation why it is the empathy that matters as in their view situational empathy should stop the moment such actions inconvenience them.
- musage 9y ago
  > "Have you donated everything you made this month above the poverty level in your country to some kids who can't afford to eat say in Bangladesh per chance or its equivalent?" > the moment such actions inconvenience them That's "not even silly", the threshold for "inconvenience" begins way earlier. And "caring for others" doesn't mean not caring for oneself, I'm also one of those other people, if you will. And your need to somehow disprove the empathy, love and/or generosity of everybody else, with such cheap sophistry to boot, says more about you than about the people you know nothing about. If you're looking for convolution, you might want to also look into that. And why does caring for others only requiring those who get oppressed, and not attacking their oppressors? Give a man a fish, and he has a fish. Denazify the world and he has a place to raise kids in. Everybody has their own views what caring and doing good means, and comforting a bullied person ranks way lower for me than dealing with the bully. I wouldn't answer "no" and squirm, I'd laugh in your face.

by musage 9y ago

notyourday 9y ago

> I care about others because I care about the person I am. When someone says that I ask them "Have you donated everything you made this month above the poverty level in your country to some kids who can't afford to eat say in Bangladesh per chance or its equivalent?" They typically respond with a "No" followed by a very convoluted explanation why it is the empathy that matters as in their view situational empathy should stop the moment such actions inconvenience them.

musage 9y ago
> "Have you donated everything you made this month above the poverty level in your country to some kids who can't afford to eat say in Bangladesh per chance or its equivalent?" > the moment such actions inconvenience them That's "not even silly", the threshold for "inconvenience" begins way earlier. And "caring for others" doesn't mean not caring for oneself, I'm also one of those other people, if you will. And your need to somehow disprove the empathy, love and/or generosity of everybody else, with such cheap sophistry to boot, says more about you than about the people you know nothing about. If you're looking for convolution, you might want to also look into that. And why does caring for others only requiring those who get oppressed, and not attacking their oppressors? Give a man a fish, and he has a fish. Denazify the world and he has a place to raise kids in. Everybody has their own views what caring and doing good means, and comforting a bullied person ranks way lower for me than dealing with the bully. I wouldn't answer "no" and squirm, I'd laugh in your face.