shokwave comments on Offense versus harm minimization - Less Wrong

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Comment author: shokwave 20 April 2011 08:14:04AM 2 points [-]

That's why I don't find that disease is a very good analogy.

Some features of diseases are applicable to this situation - most aren't, but if any of the features it does have recommend a treatment like social pressure, then 'disease' is a good enough analogy.

(For the record, I don't think disease is a good analogy. The closest this situation comes to being a disease is that we don't want them to have it; they want to keep it.)