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I completely agree. And I almost don't want to comment given that I have
something unpopular to say. When things like this do actually end in death it
is obviously a tragedy to those close to that person, but for us from a
distant perspective, we can't really know how it feels to those who are close
because we're not in those relationships. There is enough diversity in
relationships and how people live their lives that it's thoughtless to assume
that these things are simply selfish and irresponsible.
However, from our perspective of distance, we do benefit from people defining
boundaries, even when paid for with lives. It's useful to humankind. There are
daily risks we all take (for convenience even), but the risks only stick out
when people do extraordinary things. These kinds of tragedies are personal,
and we disrespect the people involved when we take the tragedies of others as
our own. If only more people would care about the nameless people being killed
around the world because of the actions of others, sometimes us.
May 9, 2016, 1:52 p.m. - Nat Brown
#!markdown I completely agree. And I almost don't want to comment given that I have something unpopular to say. When things like this do actually end in death it is obviously a tragedy to those close to that person, but for us from a distant perspective, we can't really know how it feels to those who are close because we're not in those relationships. There is enough diversity in relationships and how people live their lives that it's thoughtless to assume that these things are simply selfish and irresponsible. However, from our perspective of distance, we do benefit from people defining boundaries, even when paid for with lives. It's useful to humankind. There are daily risks we all take (for convenience even), but the risks only stick out when people do extraordinary things. These kinds of tragedies are personal, and we disrespect the people involved when we take the tragedies of others as our own. If only more people would care about the nameless people being killed around the world because of the actions of others, sometimes us.