lessdazed comments on Rationality Quotes December 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: lessdazed 09 December 2011 08:24:31AM 0 points [-]

And in point of fact, he was blatantly wrong, which is why I linked the British-connected plots and assassins.

If you're going to be mind-killed yourself, Vlad, posting endless nitpicking comments here trying to rebut anything anyone says, you should at least be more precise in your demands, because it is trivial to find attempts, even despite all secrecy and faded memories.

I think that the examples you cited didn't support your claim for the same reasons Vladmir_M gave.

I specifically asked if you had other examples in mind, rather than if they existed, to avoid making a claim that could be refuted by some one of the endless historical facts unknown to me. Your claim was far too strong if you didn't have specific examples in mind, regardless of their existence.

The cases of assassination all seem distinguishable, for example, the premise of the Anglo-Irish war was that Britain did not consider Ireland an independent nation, the assassination of Dollfuss weakens Vladimir_M's claim about the inconceivability of assassination without damaging it overmuch, as it was Nazis who did it, etc.