(December 16, 2016 at 8:21 pm)Bella Morte Wrote: I care more about the things that are happening in my country. There is absolutely nothing wrong with US citizens caring about their country as well.
And no, I'm not talking about celebrity gossip nonsense.
The comment wasn't about caring about one's country. It was someone openly admitting that an American stranger's life is worth more to them than a foreigner's, which I find hard to fathom given that we all bleed just the same. Suffering is suffering regardless of a person's birthplace that they have no control over.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
