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5254b4 No.8938

I wonder if anyone else feels the same, I always fucking hate it when a major disaster happens, hundreds of adults die, and in the news you see "400 people kidded and two babbies". Why do they always make it a special case when kids die? I am not saying that people shouldn't feel sorry for children when they die, not at all, of course it's sad.

But to me it's more sad when I see some 30 year old man who went through life, spent more than a decade going to school, had some dreams and was almost there, working towards it, and then he dies, all that effort put into nothing. It's the saddest thing.

If you were being held hostage and you'd HAVE to choose between who would die, a kid, or an adult who is a good person, what would you choose?

196a66 No.8939

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People gonna love kids.


c58eba No.8942

>>8938

Good point. They always say something like: In war children suffer the most. That's a unproven claim and probably wrong.

I think people just projecting because kids are cuter.

It's probably an evolutionary advantage for them.


07b053 No.8946

>>8942

I don't think you are right on that one. Grown adults tend to be more jaded to shit, though some adults, especially in this generation are hyprsensitive, kids are generally more helpless and easier to emotionally crack.


a48372 No.8948

>>8946

But they are usually not the ones that get shot on the battlefield.


83a847 No.8983

I completely agree with you OP.

It is stupid to believe that all homo sapiens at all stages of their life are entitled to a superiority in the cosmos, for there's no evidence to believe such a thing and because it usually poses the existence of supernatural, divine or otherwise eternal attributes on humans.

So if we are completely natural, including our mind, it is reasonable to suspect based on all we know about our biology and our brains that homo sapiens go through stages of mind development, and younger humans generally don't posses humane attributes in the same degree fully developed humans do.

>>8946

mmm… it is blurry whether adults or children suffer the most during war in psychological terms. I will grant you that young minds are prone to more irreparable damage. But I think OP's point is quite valid. If we had to choose between getting rid of all children or all adults it is obvious that the death of all adults would be much more devastating. Most children wouldn't make it to adulthood


747030 No.9025

I exploit "think of the children" all the time but I don't actually believe in it.


2873d1 No.9031

>>8938

Funny,People usually don't think that way with animals. They wouldn't prefer saving filly over an adult horse.


a155a0 No.9033

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There is an evolutionary advantage of self-sacrifice to protect your kin, including your young offspring. The "think of the (your) children" phenomenon could have the same trigger.


84540d No.9336

We're very selective as a species with whom we give our sympathy.

>big disaster

>"how many kids died?"

>Boko Haram murders a bunch of schoolboys (Boko Haram roughly means "learning is forbidden") and kidnaps a bunch of girls

>"#BringBackOurGirls! What boys?"

And if you're American

>lots of people die

>media goes the extra mile to make sure we know exactly how many were Americans


934f9e No.9355

>>9336

Nogs specifically.


84540d No.9420

>>9355

Well that's for race baiting purposes, not because the news actually cares about them.




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