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Old 08-30-2017, 05:54 AM
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Originally Posted by donquixote99 View Post
No, he found it hard to empathize with a state and an city. But neither of those things are people, so empathy is sort of difficult for anyone, I would think.

Actually, Rajoo and Professor Storey have the same problem--applying political judgement to a disaster, as if political entities were experiencing it. It's people that are experiencing the disaster.
The state and the city are in reality people.