(December 7, 2020 at 2:21 pm)tackattack Wrote: @Aegon and I'm all for comparisons. That example works fine for a number comparison like that. It's not utilizing a recent unrelated tragedy for its emotional value to just get people riled up so they'll care. There's a difference between people seeing and comprehending the number clearly and appropriating a tragedy for an emotive response.
So, you've now argued multiple times in this thread against having an emotional response to covid deaths. Um, why shouldn't we try to get people to have an emotional response to covid? What value is there in only soberly assessing the number of deaths without emotional attachment? Am I mischaracterizing what you are getting at?