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Re:Black mamba venom is 'better painkiller' than morphine (2... by vore on Saturday October 02, 2021 @01:37PM (#28730399)
I don't think arguing about the semantics of "barbarism" really takes away from the original overarching argument: nature is primitive and cruel but humans in general at least try to alleviate that kind of cruelty seen in non-human nature.
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Re:Black mamba venom is 'better painkiller' than morphine (2... by samhw on Monday October 04, 2021 @07:30AM (#28745369)
> takes away from the original overarching argument: nature is primitive and cruel but humans in general at least try to alleviate that kind of cruelty seen in non-human nature

And if that were the only claim they made, that would be fine. I just happen to dislike people dishonestly twisting facts – in this case, misrepresenting the meaning of a word by cherry-picking some recherché fringe definition and making it out to be the primary meaning – to make their argument sound more impressive.

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