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Originally Posted by Rissask
I feel bad about the act, any kind of senseless cruelty to animals makes me really angry. 
But mostly I feel sad for him and thousands of other people, who have been permanently emotionally and/or physically effed up and scarred by this and other wars. 
The other discussion about how everything is relative...I can your point Joana, but also UGAPlaya's...perspective is important.
I recall another board where there was a discussion between women about miscarriages...one woman said that a woman having a miscarrriage at 4 weeks is just as devastating as a woman losing a baby at nine months; that 'you cannot measure whose pain is greater'...well, that may be a tough call, but I think any reasonable person can make an objective statement that yes, the former is not as great a tragedy as the latter.
So if I were told I had Type 2 diabetes would I be as devastated as if you told me I had Stage 4 cancer? Of course not. |
Can't agree with the two examples you gave- as one always has to take in account the personality of the person involved.
Maybe the woman who was pregnant for four weeks before her miscarriage has wanted a baby for a long long time- in that case it won't matter to her if she didn't feel it kicking in her womb etc..
Same goes for deseases- of course there are those that are worse than others- as in your example. BUT that doesn't lessen the impact it has on the given patients life and the things he has to deal with.
Example: right now I am dealing with a number of patients who had toes amputated. They can still walk etc.- but they are devastated. Would it be right if I told them to quit the whining and take a walk over to the oncology to get perspective? No, right? That would mean that I belittle their feelings.
The people who feel strongly about this incident are surely aware that there are bigger evils out there- that still doesn't make the story less sad or take away the right to be upset about it.