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by beardyw 974 days ago
A few days ago I posted "It's more that robots don't care if people die. Some humans too." -in a discussion about robots.

When I got a down vote I guessed that it was for the second sentence. But it sent me into a whirl of thought. What do you feel that results in a down vote for something so abstract? I assumed it was someone on one side of that conflict, but which. Either way they must feel that they are somehow culpable or why take offence. So really was it for highlighting what they already thought? Is that the real cause, something like - I feel uneasy about my side so I would rather you didn't challenge me with it?

Or maybe it's just about robots.