_Gi comments on Your Rationality is My Business - Less Wrong

50 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 15 April 2007 07:31AM

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Comment author: _Gi 17 April 2007 06:00:30PM -2 points [-]

You say you don't want to burn your opponent, but only argue against her view. Argument is a competitive pursuit. Public arguments about important subjects will likely get political. War and violence is but an extension of politics. If you have an intractable argument about a very important topic, you will have to deal with the possibility of violence.