zero_call comments on Diseased thinking: dissolving questions about disease - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 31 May 2010 06:52:10PM *  6 points [-]

We do put innocent people in prison. If not putting innocent people in prison was the most important thing, we'd have to live without prisons. The tradeoff is there, but it's easier to be hypocritical about it when it's not made explicit.

Comment author: zero_call 01 June 2010 12:33:55AM -1 points [-]

That's a flagrant misinterpretation. The OP's intention was to say that innocent people don't get put in prison intentionally.