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<blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 7676514" data-attributes="member: 2067"><p>If a "reorg" involves firing people, then it is an ominous thing for those people who may be fired. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You feel that it's not bad news for someone to get fired unless it's someone "we" (you?) care personally about? </p><p></p><p>Forgive me if I find it hard to believe that you can be so monstrously callous. I really can't imagine that your reaction when you hear about how <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/21/news/economy/olderworkers/index.htm" target="_blank">many of the people laid off when a company down-sizes are older, and then they struggle to find a job</a> is <em>aplomb</em>, even if you don't personally know anyone like that. I don't believe you're that inhuman, Umbran. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Your mistake seems to be in characterizing "sympathy for those who may have been fired" (and thus a sense that a "reorganization" can be pretty ominous for those people) as a "knee-jerk reaction we perhaps should be avoiding."</p><p></p><p>Extending sympathy for those who may be suffering is never a reaction we should avoid. The moment we do, we violate the Golden Rule, dehumanize our fellow human beings, and permit a cruelty to go unchecked. </p><p></p><p>People may be out of a job. That would suck for them. What's cynical or extreme about acknowledging that this is not a great thing for them? Why is that empathy something you're so determined to warn others against feeling? Why is the idea that a reorganization might sound bad to them so taboo to you?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Speaking for myself: It's only reasonable to care about how the things you care about are made. If you care a lot about D&D, how it gets made and what's going on with its makers is an important part of that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="I'm A Banana, post: 7676514, member: 2067"] If a "reorg" involves firing people, then it is an ominous thing for those people who may be fired. You feel that it's not bad news for someone to get fired unless it's someone "we" (you?) care personally about? Forgive me if I find it hard to believe that you can be so monstrously callous. I really can't imagine that your reaction when you hear about how [URL="money.cnn.com/2008/05/21/news/economy/olderworkers/index.htm"]many of the people laid off when a company down-sizes are older, and then they struggle to find a job[/URL] is [I]aplomb[/I], even if you don't personally know anyone like that. I don't believe you're that inhuman, Umbran. Your mistake seems to be in characterizing "sympathy for those who may have been fired" (and thus a sense that a "reorganization" can be pretty ominous for those people) as a "knee-jerk reaction we perhaps should be avoiding." Extending sympathy for those who may be suffering is never a reaction we should avoid. The moment we do, we violate the Golden Rule, dehumanize our fellow human beings, and permit a cruelty to go unchecked. People may be out of a job. That would suck for them. What's cynical or extreme about acknowledging that this is not a great thing for them? Why is that empathy something you're so determined to warn others against feeling? Why is the idea that a reorganization might sound bad to them so taboo to you? Speaking for myself: It's only reasonable to care about how the things you care about are made. If you care a lot about D&D, how it gets made and what's going on with its makers is an important part of that. [/QUOTE]
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