army1987 comments on Open thread for December 17-23, 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 30 December 2013 10:33:31AM 0 points [-]

if you don't agree it's innate you must be an EVIL HOMOPHOBE!

What? I can't see why knowing that genetics (assuming that's what's meant by “innate”) affects how likely people are to commit violent crimes would make me dislike violent criminal any less, nor why knowing that (say) the concentration of lead in the air also affects that would make me dislike them any more.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 30 December 2013 10:55:35PM -1 points [-]

I can't see why knowing that genetics (assuming that's what's meant by “innate”) affects how likely people are to commit violent crimes would make me dislike violent criminal any less,

Well, there are a lot of people arguing that we should go easy on violent criminals since "it's not their fault". I don't agree with this argument, but a lot of people seem to be convinced by it.