David_Gerard comments on Have no heroes, and no villains - Less Wrong

88 Post author: PhilGoetz 07 November 2010 09:15PM

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Comment author: David_Gerard 09 November 2010 06:32:18PM *  4 points [-]

Dude. Arguments are soldiers. Of course they meant them. There are people who sincerely - as far as you, I or themselves could ever tell - believe things because they think they should.

Comment author: Mercy 09 November 2010 11:14:22PM 1 point [-]

This was what I realised when I found out they were volunteers. I think I ended that sentence a bit too abruptly to make that clear...