Beyond Selidor

from the professional standpoint, i kinda sympathize with her stance? because empathy, in itself, is neutral; empathy is simply a state of being kind up with the other's emotions. you can empathize with the spider and the fly at once, because empathy does not require and does not create ethics. for it to be, hm, useful for one's humanity, it needs to be kicked into active compassion, and that's a different cup of water altogether.

this said, it's a very angry article, and i think it set out to be purposefully angry as to not - pun intended - invite the readers to empathize with it.