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by ryanmarsh 3306 days ago
> almost nothing about modern society involve choices that only affect the people right around you

Please visit a city council meeting.

> When you shit, it goes into everyone's water supply

When I take a shit it most certainly affects no one outside of Texas. There isn't a river in the country flowing fast enough to make my assertion false.

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You're being disingenuous by ignoring that which you can't refute; his point is true regardless of his bad example of shit. When you pollute the the air, you pollute it for everyone, when you harm the environment, the effects aren't only local.
I'm saying that's not the issue.