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Re:My experience of losing a friend to heroin (2020) by WalterSear on Monday October 25, 2021 @10:33PM (#28995772)
It's pride, not love.

And a pride that is essentially about avoiding shame; shame being the primary currency of those with an authoritarian bent.

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Re:My experience of losing a friend to heroin (2020) by TimTheTinker on Monday October 25, 2021 @10:51PM (#28995880)
> It's pride, not love. And a pride that is essentially about avoiding shame;

That has nothing to do with my rationale... I'm curious where you got that.

If I give heroin to an addict, the only shame involved to me would be the personal feeling of shame from having caused harm to another human...

So I think this response is a straw man that doesn't address my point.

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