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by majormajor 1901 days ago
Perhaps this is a difference of trauma types.

"Shouldn't" is an interesting word for e.g. getting cancer. We would all be better off if nobody had to ever face that, but... what would "they shouldn't have gotten cancer" really mean, there? That they should be bitter over being unlucky?

That would be a very different statement to make about a trauma inflicted by another human, though.