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These are people who are so deep into their computer world, they forget there are real people behind the keyboards.
by some_account 8y ago
These are people who are so deep into their computer world, they forget there are real people behind the keyboards.
- CiPHPerCoder 8y agoThey don't forget, they just don't care. A lot of people completely lack empathy, and our society hasn't done a good job at reducing that number. However, this is kind of a non sequitur for the article.
- lightbyte 8y agoAre you and the OP intentionally victim blaming a person who was murdered for calling out an online troll?
- some_account 8y agoNo it's about understanding the reasons why this happened. To me, they are both victims and this wouldn't happen in a sane society. I'm looking at society and being happy I will only be here 40 more years. Because I'm not optimistic about the future. Humans are being led down the path of self destruction.
- iooi 8y agoGoddamn, someone was murdered and you really think the murderer is a victim because he was called dumb on the internet?
- some_account 8y agoYeah they are both victims. It's not a natural behavior of humans to act like this.
- CiPHPerCoder 8y agoThere was clearly one murder victim involved in this story, and that's a far more significant crime than "trolling people" or "trolling trolls who troll people".
- some_account 8y agoOf course the killer has committed the worst crime, no doubt about that. But I think we are being conditioned into extremely fast blame games sometimes. These things wouldn't happen in a more evolved society. When is society to blame?
- SamReidHughes 8y agoThere's no such thing as society. The world's just a bunch of people.
- emodendroket 8y agoThere's no such thing as a person. Organic matter's just a bunch of atoms.
- SamReidHughes 8y agoActually if you're looking for something to blame, people are it. There isn't a society to blame. That's an abstract concept only useful if you want to sabotage your ability to think about stuff.
- emodendroket 8y agoNo, you can't think about social dynamics by merely considering people as atoms in a vacuum. Well, you can, but your suppositions will have an attenuated relationship to reality.
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- CiPHPerCoder 8y agoI have no idea where you got that interpretation from my comment. The person who committed the murder is clearly not mentally healthy. What about this observation puts any amount of blame on the victim? This murder is sad, and a tragedy for anyone connected to either party.
- lightbyte 8y agoThe person you are replying to was referring to the murder victim. Since you didn't specify a subject >They don't forget, they just don't care. >A lot of people completely lack empathy, and our society hasn't done a good job at reducing that number. Appears to also be referring to the victim. Are you actually talking about the killer here? If so you should specify that.
- CiPHPerCoder 8y agoI was specifically talking about the killer, and I was assuming OP was responding to the headline and making a general statement about Internet trolls. I still don't see how that was confusing, but to anybody who needed a clarification: There you go.
- some_account 8y agoParents need to actually parent their kids to teach them to see the humanity in other people, but I can easily see some families where the only guide is computer games and internet forums.
- raarts 8y agoI agree, although these people are often seen as useful too. For example to lead the attack/defense against an opposing group also led by a psycho/sociopath.
- oldcynic 8y agoHow did they forget when they went out to find and kill the real person?
- lightbyte 8y agoHe's referring to the person who was murdered, not the killer.
- emodendroket 8y agoIs the claim here that the victim is actually at fault and it's good that he was killed, or else what is meant?
- Ensorceled 8y agoThat he forgot the there was a real disturbed person on the other end who might come and kill him.
- emodendroket 8y agoSurely this observation is meant to express some view, and the one that comes naturally to mind is that he's deserving of reproach for having "forgotten"