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Re:Infants' sense of pain is recognized, finally (1987) by LocalH on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @07:31AM (#31751495)
That mindset could be used to justify all sorts of barbarism. The beginning of humanity's downfall was when we invented "society"
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Re:Infants' sense of pain is recognized, finally (1987) by momenti on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @09:19AM (#31752447)
Actual barbarism would impair the functioning and productivity of society. The harm in this case is so negligible that it does not matter.
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Re:Infants' sense of pain is recognized, finally (1987) by Doxin on Thursday June 16, 2022 @05:32AM (#31764061)
Smashing one in a hundred babies to death with a frying pan wouldn't impair the functioning or productivity of society either. Seems like a pretty poor way to measure barbarism to me.
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