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Comment author: wedrifid 19 December 2011 10:38:56AM *  2 points [-]

And, yet, under the right circumstances, I would really appreciate it if people in my community would help me correct for my akrasia/selfishness/ignorance.

If someone needs to tell me they are not coercing me then the remainder of their sentence jolly well better not be an explanation of how they are trying to control my behavior. In cases where their controlling intervention is desired I don't need to be told that they are not coercing me. If their control is not desired then telling me that they are not is begging for reprisal.