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		momenti on June 15, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Infants' sense of pain is recognized, finally (198... Actual barbarism would impair the functioning and productivity of society. The harm in this case is so negligible that it does not matter.

Doxin on June 16, 2022 [–]

Smashing one in a hundred babies to death with a frying pan wouldn't impair the functioning or productivity of society either. Seems like a pretty poor way to measure barbarism to me.

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