Nominull comments on Rationality Quotes October 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Document 03 October 2011 04:07:50AM *  -2 points [-]

There is no good or evil. Only power, and those too weak to seek it.

J. K. Rowling

Edit: Wasn't expecting downvotes. Maybe the distinction between the attributions is obvious, but I still don't see it.

Edit 2: Downvotes explained; thanks.

Comment author: Nominull 03 October 2011 04:12:15PM 7 points [-]

It is perhaps not obvious that you are ironically committing a sin in order to point out someone else's unironic sin, rather than just unironically sinning yourself.