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Comment author: rhollerith_dot_com 14 November 2009 04:08:52AM *  0 points [-]

Finally, and this is nothing personal, Doug, but I will probably not take the time to answer future questions from you on this subject because I have resolved to stop trying to convert anyone to any particular moral position or system of valuing things, and this question I just answered pulled me back into that frame of mind for a couple of hours.

Expounding your moral position in response to a direct question is not proselytizing.

True. What I should have written is, Doug, please help me stop procrastinating! Please do not ask me any more questions for a while on morality or the fate of the universe.

Comment author: wedrifid 14 November 2009 04:39:44AM *  1 point [-]

I'll note somewhat abstractly that while 'expounding your moral position in response to a direct question' is not proselytizing, it is certainly something that can pull one into that frame of mind. This is particularly the case when the direct questioning has persuasive motivation.

The objection is valid, so strike from grandparent what I quote above.

The decision is a decision but the claim appears false.

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