TGGP4 comments on When None Dare Urge Restraint - Less Wrong

41 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 08 December 2007 11:09PM

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Comment author: TGGP4 09 December 2007 03:46:04PM 1 point [-]

Warren Bonesteel (is that seriously your last name?): No comments on the religious, social and cultural biases that caused a group of extremists to hijack passenger planes and kill as many people as they could. Eliezer discussed that here.

Eliezer never said the world was a nice place or that people wouldn't try to kill us. He said the reaction was foolish, and judging by the bodycounts we can say worse.

Mike K: If you want to see an example of a measured response, take a look at the UK Didn't they shoot a Brazilian electrician and pass all sorts of Big Brother-esque anti-terror legislation? They also helped us invade Iraq, I don't know who they would have invaded following the subway attacks? Pakistan, Bangladesh and the Carribean?

J Thomas: we have no choice Of course we do.

Either we kill off every terrorist group that isn't under our direction, or we lose our special status and have to admit we aren't in control of the world. I think you underestimate the ability to self-deceive, but the latter option still sounds preferrable.

david: You might like this from the Onion. Unfortunately after Counterpoint we went through with Point's plan.

Forrest: I think this is the first blog post I have read in years that contains ONLY civil and intelligent response. Even Zack?