What's worse?
Let's say that a child is someone younger than 10 years.
I don't remember myself as a kid actually thinking about what I'm doing. It was like being a machine. Something happens, you automatically react and that's it. No ideals, no plans, almost no awareness.
With babies it's even more extreme. All they do is drool and make unpleasant smells and noises.
So why do we treat the death of a kid as something more tragic than the death of an adult? Isn't the life of a 40 years old man more precious than the life of a 1 year old drooling machine that's not even self aware?
Let's say that a child is someone younger than 10 years.
I don't remember myself as a kid actually thinking about what I'm doing. It was like being a machine. Something happens, you automatically react and that's it. No ideals, no plans, almost no awareness.
With babies it's even more extreme. All they do is drool and make unpleasant smells and noises.
So why do we treat the death of a kid as something more tragic than the death of an adult? Isn't the life of a 40 years old man more precious than the life of a 1 year old drooling machine that's not even self aware?
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