Peterdjones comments on Whining-Based Communities - Less Wrong

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Comment author: AdeleneDawner 08 June 2011 03:47:43PM 3 points [-]

Doing things other people don't like isn't cheating, but punishing people for doing things you don't like isn't cheating either, and doing things that other people don't like without taking the possible punishment into account isn't rational (= leads to not-winning).

Comment author: Peterdjones 08 June 2011 05:38:38PM *  1 point [-]

In a perfectly acceptable sense of the word "cheating" Madoff cheated people out of their money.

Comment author: AdeleneDawner 08 June 2011 05:43:06PM 0 points [-]

What sense is that?

Comment author: Peterdjones 08 June 2011 09:34:12PM 1 point [-]

Telling lies for profit. Financial fraud.