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> Oh, I understand that the ability to draw that line himself is part of what he is seeking. Why, then, do you keep insisting that we should somehow "semi-objectively" declare one? There isn't even a clear line as to what is physically harmful. Why do you think that something as inherently subjective as emotional harm would have to be objectively defined to be considered? As for "indulging arbitrary wants"; I bid you…
> Why, then, do you keep insisting that we should somehow "semi-objectively" declare one? It's very strange that you say 'why, then' while coupling these sentences, as if the existence of the first makes the second less sensible. Its exactly because of the existence of the first that we should consider the 2nd. > There isn't even a clear line as to what is physically harmful Obviously, physically damaging one's body…
I'm not asking you why because I think that the two ideas are inherently tangled, but because I don't understand the relevance semi-objectively declaring a "line" has to the discussion.
> Obviously, physically damaging one's body works as one line - a line - for physically harming someone.
Where is the line drawn when it comes to damaging one's body? Eating too much? Sleeping to little? Hitting someone in the face? Too little exercise? Bad ergonomics? Suicide? Watching TV? Smoking? When do you leave the domain of physically unsafe and enter the domain of physically safe?
> Surely you can see how radically different this is from so called 'emotional harm'.
Surely you can see that this isn't an actual argument, and I won't respond to it as such. Explain how it is radically different and I will return to you.
> Oh, did someone say that, somewhere? Did someone say that something must be objectively defined in order to be _considered_?
No, you didn't outright say that, but it's the idea I got from your reasoning. Your argument seems to be that the phrase "safe spaces" is abused, and the only reasoning you support that conclusion with is based on the idea that emotional harm is hard to define. That seems like the opposite of the dictionary definition of considering something.