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Comment author: Zvi 27 March 2012 07:43:43PM 0 points [-]

No, but yes.

If there exists a person P such that, for every explicit discussion of messy social reality, P is offended, then ~Want(P) with probability very high.

However, if there exists a person P such that, for a given randomly selected explicit discussion of messy social reality, if one does not pay attention to the potential to offend, that they are then offended with high probability, then I don't think that says much about that person. In fact, the set S of such persons P contains the majority not only of people, but of people worth attracting to meetings, especially before they've been exposed to alternate social norms.