[quote=Revans Exile]I worked very hard to be cold, to purge all compassion for any human I do not personally know & like. Then I got to know more people and found out, I didn't have to work hard at all, most aren't worth caring about.[/quote]

Funny, I tend to be the opposite. I don't have most of my empathy and sympathy and seek it out where I can, ruling by logic to stay comprehensible sane while trying to balance that against being too cold.

As for your hatred of cyclists, that isn't cold or logical: That's pathos, emotional appeal. A cyclist who is hit by a vehicle after being a dimwitted moron who didn't obey basic safety and traffic laws doesn't deserve my sympathy, I agree, they tested Darwinism for no reason and ended up splattered on the pavement. (Also: Common sense--don't fucking challenge the driver of the [b]eight ton SUV powered by fire[/b] to a contest against your piddly dink bicycle. Even if you're in the right, logically speaking, if they don't care, they'll mow your ass down.)

However, the acts of a few moronic cyclists does not mean that all cyclists are the same. I ride a bicycle. I obey traffic laws. I'm not a dimwitted moron. Your brushing them all with the same stroke is by no means a logical conclusion: [b]You[/b] hate cyclists. That's not cold.

However, your statement of "they wore no safety equipment and broke basic common sense and traffic laws, ergo, deserve to die" is cold. There's still logic in that statement: They failed to obey common safety procedures that would have saved their lives, for no reason. The fact that they're children is irrelevant to the logic of that statement, but does contribute to it being cold, as it lacks empathy.

Just figured I'd try and help you out here, since you seek to be as cold as you can be.