wedrifid comments on Rational Repentance - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 16 January 2011 03:18:20AM *  4 points [-]

I found the use of political examples grating

The most grating part was that they relied on entirely naive assumptions. You don't need to posit 'don't change your mind' bias on the part of Josh Steiber's peers. Just that none of them were under the misapprehension that they had joined the Salvation Army.

and wish we could enforce the "no politics" guideline more consistently.

Consistently enforced 'guideline'? Something in there verges on oxymoronic.

Comment author: steven0461 16 January 2011 03:26:40AM 0 points [-]

Fair enough; when I edited "rule" to "guideline" I should also have edited "enforce" to "follow".

Comment author: [deleted] 16 January 2011 06:28:11AM 0 points [-]

Just that none of them were under the misapprehension that they had joined the Salvation Army.

The soldier's notion that he would not be expected to participate in bloody reprisals and violating other people's preferences was hopelessly naive historically speaking.