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SoullessAutomaton comments on AndrewH's observation and opportunity costs - Less Wrong
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Sorry for being dim, but I'm still struggling to see why you would think this. My impression is that they are not of the same kind. But I am interested to know why somebody else would think differently. Would you mind pointing to specific examples of comments you think treat beggars as non-persons/objects, and explain how/why they do so?
(FWIW, if you can convince me that they do so, I probably will agree that they are, to that extent, "offensive".)
I do not expect people to go significantly out of their way to write in a manner that is inclusive of people not in their audience. I do expect people to make a reasonable effort to write in a way that is inclusive of people who are in their potential audience. I don't think these expectations constitute a double standard of any sort. Is there anything we disagree about here?
To be fair, it's not inconceivable that a homeless person could be reading Less Wrong--internet access in public libraries is pretty common these days, for instance.
Probably not likely, though.
I've been homeless twice while a student, and often slept in computer rooms.