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My pleasure in avoiding being shot isn’t enhanced if someone else is. If someone dies in a car accident I can be glad it wasn’t me, but I haven’t learned anyth
by dambi0 3y ago
My pleasure in avoiding being shot isn’t enhanced if someone else is.
If someone dies in a car accident I can be glad it wasn’t me, but I haven’t learned anything.
If I do learn something from someone else’s misfortune, I could be pleased, relieved, possibly proud but I’m less sure about being smug.
I still don’t quite grasp the point about not being responsible for other people’s actions. If it’s never true then I’m not sure it’s all that useful.
It seems more like this is about our perception of other people’s responsibility?
- jvanderbot 3y agoThis is quite pedantic at this point - A generous reading of my posts and OPs shouldn't trigger this kind of vitriol. I apologize if my statement came off as dismissive of others' misfortune. I maintain the spirit of my statement: There is nothing malign about being glad at avoiding misfortune that others could also avoid (not random things like shootings - jeez this is nuts to compare "choice of lab" to "random acts of violence").
- dambi0 3y agoThis is an interesting way to raise good faith interpretation of discussion.
- kergonath 3y ago> A generous reading of my posts and OPs shouldn't trigger this kind of vitriol. It should not, and you should not have to defend yourself against this kind of behaviour. I would not have phrased it like that, but I agree with your message.
- dambi0 3y agoCould you help me understand which posts enjoy generous reading and which are not so lucky please? Can I always assume the generosity to ignore what’s written? There’s a post in this very thread that dismisses the parent comment as stupid of all things. I wasn’t sure how much generosity it warranted. Thanks.