Fuck.

[joshcryer]

579. No, callous would be too strong.

I'd say you were oblivious.

When corrected the poster literally changed the subject so troop suicides, asking if the poster would "like some information" about troop suicides. I mean, what a can of fucking worms that's gotta be, you can never know if someone is personally affected by it, so to go around "informing" people of it is pretty messed up. No empathy for those people out there who may be affected. Just the hopes that they can win "tiny Internet games."

Then what happens? The person says that they were personally affected.

And what does the poster do? Well by golly, rather than apologize for trying to win some "tiny Internet game" they come around and claim that they too were affected by army suicide. You criticize sheshe2 for her "attempt to use it to nullify someone else's argument." But not one criticism for that poster for turning the argument around and making similar comments!

I think it is deplorable that you are judging sheshe2 for mentioning her brothers' suicide after being condescended by someone wanting to "inform" them of troop suicides. Deplorable.

The discussion was first about troops getting meals, then it turned into troop suicides. Of course sympathy must come into the equation because once you start to condescend someone about something of that magnitude you better be damn sure it's rooted in reality (ie, you think they are ignorant, or have information that they don't know about troop suicides). Otherwise your character shows and you wind up looking like someone who likes to play "tiny Internet games."