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Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them?

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Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them?
Edwardo Piet Away
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RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them?
November 3, 2010 at 7:12 am
(November 2, 2010 at 7:23 pm)Paul the Human Wrote: If that is how you feel, then I can only conclude that you lack the capacity for empathy.

You're caring about all the people who suffer a pinprick more than the person being severely tortured (if there's enough of them), I find that to be much further away from empathy.
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RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them? - by Edwardo Piet - November 3, 2010 at 7:12 am

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