Nanani comments on The Nature of Offense - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Nanani 24 July 2009 12:51:09AM 3 points [-]

I think that if we are going to have a comment policy that takes offense into consideration at all, the burden of proof needs to be on the offendee, not the alleged offender.

Please everyone, try to ignore your monkey-brain-bits a tiny bit more.

Comment author: RobinZ 24 July 2009 01:18:01AM 3 points [-]

I thought the burden of proof was on the offendee already, but it's not a bad idea to point this out in the comment policy. "If you see something offensive which detracts from a post, please politely describe what is offensive about it so that the author can correct it." Or words to that effect.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 24 July 2009 01:05:44AM 3 points [-]

What could be used for proof?

This is about emotions. We can't completely get away from them, but they're something of a rubber ruler.