Backlo@lemmy.today to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoTIL about Earl Silverman, a domestic abuse survivor who founded a shelter for men. It was denied funding from the government and he was ridiculed. The shelter went bankrupt and he died by suicideen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square258fedilinkarrow-up11.65Karrow-down124
arrow-up11.63Karrow-down1external-linkTIL about Earl Silverman, a domestic abuse survivor who founded a shelter for men. It was denied funding from the government and he was ridiculed. The shelter went bankrupt and he died by suicideen.m.wikipedia.orgBacklo@lemmy.today to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square258fedilink
minus-squareoriginalucifer@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up29arrow-down9·7 months agokilling humans is never the answer. it devolves you into something worse than youre trying to combat because you, presumably have a choice.
minus-squarelibrary_napper@monyet.cclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·7 months agoRemoved by mod
minus-squareoriginalucifer@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down4·7 months agodont be that person
minus-squarelibrary_napper@monyet.cclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down6·edit-27 months agoDon’t use the words never or always. It rarely leads to an accurate statement I think it makes sense to use violence against people committing genocide, for example
minus-squareoriginalucifer@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down3·7 months agoviolence is a last resort, i just forgot how many pedants exist
minus-squareBaines@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-27 months agowords have meaning, sometimes it is important to be precise mostly not though
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoCommitting as in physically committing, sure.
minus-squareKusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·7 months ago killing humans is never the answer What if you are in a war or being attacked or something
minus-squareoriginalucifer@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down3·7 months agocmon, you know what this is about. dont be a pedant
minus-squareKusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·7 months agoI don’t know what you mean, that’s why I’m asking
minus-squareoriginalucifer@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·7 months agokilling humans is [almost] never the answer. it devolves you into something worse than youre trying to combat because you, presumably have a choice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC7xzavzEKY
minus-squareKusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·7 months ago killing humans is [almost] never the answer That makes more sense
minus-squarePipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoHere is an alternative Piped link(s): https://www.piped.video/watch?v=eC7xzavzEKY Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
minus-squarehaui@lemmy.giftedmc.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·7 months agoConsciously I know that. But having lived under cruelty for many years I cant compute it emotionally in this case. The amount of cruelty needed to drive someone to suicide (not saying its always like this) is just not bearable for me.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoThat’s basically tautological. That which is not bearable is that which drives a person to suicide.
minus-squareMango@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·7 months agoHumans are no better than the meat you eat and many of them are worse.
killing humans is never the answer. it devolves you into something worse than youre trying to combat because you, presumably have a choice.
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dont be that person
Don’t use the words never or always. It rarely leads to an accurate statement
I think it makes sense to use violence against people committing genocide, for example
violence is a last resort, i just forgot how many pedants exist
words have meaning, sometimes it is important to be precise
mostly not though
Committing as in physically committing, sure.
What if you are in a war or being attacked or something
cmon, you know what this is about. dont be a pedant
I don’t know what you mean, that’s why I’m asking
killing humans is [almost] never the answer. it devolves you into something worse than youre trying to combat because you, presumably have a choice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC7xzavzEKY
That makes more sense
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
https://www.piped.video/watch?v=eC7xzavzEKY
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I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
Consciously I know that. But having lived under cruelty for many years I cant compute it emotionally in this case. The amount of cruelty needed to drive someone to suicide (not saying its always like this) is just not bearable for me.
That’s basically tautological. That which is not bearable is that which drives a person to suicide.
Humans are no better than the meat you eat and many of them are worse.