Things happen to people all the time, should I care about every single person who gets fired for doing something stupid at work?

Do you care that Bob down the road got fired for swearing at his boss? I bet you don't.

Why is this guy special?

> Do you care that Bob down the road got fired for swearing at his boss? I bet you don't.

That's hardly a fitting analogy.

And yes, I for one do care about people including strangers, at least in the sense that I don't like hearing of bad things befalling others. Until they signal good reasons for ceasing to care about them like you are doing, in those cases I restrict my empathy to recognize their lack of empathy.

> That's hardly a fitting analogy.

From my perspective, it's absolutely no different.

...but you know, reading your comment history, I see there's little point in arguing about it with you.

Let's just settle for: we disagree. ...and, that's totally ok.