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Frame this - iconic. How many people would you estimate are deserving of your judgement? “Billions”?

• starttoaster 3y ago
  I, like most people here (I presume), do not murder. But can you truly say you have never met a person, or got to know them really well, and thought, “this person doesn’t deserve oxygen”? I think most can at least somewhat empathize with having that thought.
  • ben_w 3y ago
    As a few people have said that kind of thing aimed against me, I'm rather more inclined to push back against such vitriol.
    • starttoaster 3y ago
      I disagree that this is vitriol, and would rather argue it’s natural to have dark thoughts that one does not actually act on. We’re all just a bunch of animals that developed strong moral codes and varying abilities to process complex thoughts.
    • bheadmaster 3y ago
      Well, if you've never wished for the death of the people that wish you death, there might be something wrong with your self-preservation instinct.
      • ben_w 3y ago
        There's an "or" in "fight or flight".
        • bheadmaster 3y ago
          There are also wishes you never actually act on.