This means that this isn’t a purely theoretical debate for everyone.
Most forum readers are continually surrounded by factory farmed meat. Some will live in areas with Malaria or other problems associated with global poverty, some will experience the debilitating pain of severe headaches and other conditions. All readers live in a world facing the risks of nuclear war, global pandemics, and the rise of unaligned artificial intelligence. Most debates we have here are not purely theoretical for everyone! That doesn’t mean we can’t approach them logically.
You’re right! Maybe it’s a bit of a lazy phrase. Another way of phrasing it is that this debate can very quickly become very personal, in ways the other debates you list in practice do not. From my read of the comments, it hasn’t so far, so I’m hopeful (as I mention in P.S.) that this mod comment is an overreaction.
Most forum readers are continually surrounded by factory farmed meat. Some will live in areas with Malaria or other problems associated with global poverty, some will experience the debilitating pain of severe headaches and other conditions. All readers live in a world facing the risks of nuclear war, global pandemics, and the rise of unaligned artificial intelligence. Most debates we have here are not purely theoretical for everyone! That doesn’t mean we can’t approach them logically.
You’re right! Maybe it’s a bit of a lazy phrase. Another way of phrasing it is that this debate can very quickly become very personal, in ways the other debates you list in practice do not. From my read of the comments, it hasn’t so far, so I’m hopeful (as I mention in P.S.) that this mod comment is an overreaction.