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Re:How bad are things? by isolate on Monday December 28, 2015 @01:38AM (#10800182)
No, but I probably misread yours if you didn't understand my question. I thought you said different kinds of suffering are incomparable, and so I asked about not being able to compare two specific kinds of suffering, murder and insults. (Or rather, acts that can induce suffering and the suffering that results.)
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Re:How bad are things? by joesmo on Monday December 28, 2015 @02:21AM (#10800267)
No, I said you can't compare people's suffering because you can't measure it, regardless of what's causing that suffering.
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Re:How bad are things? by isolate on Monday December 28, 2015 @05:44PM (#10803861)
All I'm doing is trying to examine your claim at the extremes. At the other end, are we able to tell the difference between zero suffering and some suffering?
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Re:How bad are things? by lucio on Monday December 28, 2015 @06:32AM (#10800694)
yes you can, a beaten wife is suffering more than a person who gets insulted. Both are suffering, but the wife is in the worst situation.
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