vanillee@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agoTIL that almost every year since 2015, Idaho children have died of treatable conditions. Their parents refuse medical care. It's legal in Idaho, the state just lets it happen.www.propublica.orgexternal-linkmessage-square129linkfedilinkarrow-up1731arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1722arrow-down1external-linkTIL that almost every year since 2015, Idaho children have died of treatable conditions. Their parents refuse medical care. It's legal in Idaho, the state just lets it happen.www.propublica.orgvanillee@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agomessage-square129linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareWomble@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoIf I do whatever I want with my paintbrush, that doesn’t imply the paintbrush has agency.
minus-squareLilB0kChoy@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoNo, it doesn’t, but I don’t really understand your point. Agency generally means the capacity of a living being to act independently, make choices, and influence their environment. A minor child has little agency to begin with in an abuse situation and indifference of the legal system strips away even that little bit.
minus-squareWomble@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoI was commenting on your incorrect pedantry correcting a perfectly correct sentence.
minus-squareLilB0kChoy@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoThanks for clarifying that you’re not keeping up with the conversation.
minus-squareWomble@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoPeople being pedantic and not even having the decency to be correct with it just annoys me.
If I do whatever I want with my paintbrush, that doesn’t imply the paintbrush has agency.
No, it doesn’t, but I don’t really understand your point.
Agency generally means the capacity of a living being to act independently, make choices, and influence their environment.
A minor child has little agency to begin with in an abuse situation and indifference of the legal system strips away even that little bit.
I was commenting on your incorrect pedantry correcting a perfectly correct sentence.
Thanks for clarifying that you’re not keeping up with the conversation.
People being pedantic and not even having the decency to be correct with it just annoys me.