Azathoth123 comments on Open thread, Oct. 27 - Nov. 2, 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Azathoth123 30 October 2014 06:08:18AM 0 points [-]

Meh, he seems to be trying to hard to pretend to be wise. One of the more egregious examples:

There's no excuse for threats to anyone, whatever "side" they are on. Posting someone's home address or private phone number or financial details will almost never be relevant to a good-faith dispute — it's clearly intended to terrorize, and it risks empowering disturbed people to do real harm. These things are wrong no matter who does them, no matter the motive, and no mater the target.

That's like saying "Violence is wrong no matter who does it, therefore if an armed gang invades your neighborhood you should passively comply".

Comment author: Lumifer 30 October 2014 02:36:52PM 2 points [-]

he seems to be trying to hard to pretend to be wise

He does a better job of it than most people I know :-) It's not that I completely agree with him, but he writes well and makes a lot of valid points.

The biggest objection to his position is, essentially, Yvain's post on weak men.

Comment author: Azathoth123 04 November 2014 05:53:52AM 0 points [-]

Sarah Hoyt has a good description of the problems with the post here.

Comment author: Lumifer 04 November 2014 06:18:15AM 2 points [-]

Meh. It's a rant and not a particularly well-thought-out one.

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