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26 Post author: Multiheaded 25 January 2012 05:43PM

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Comment author: Multiheaded 26 January 2012 02:08:32PM *  3 points [-]

Let's go maximum ouroboros, shall we?

Ah-ha! You were inspired by That One Thing we have floating around, right?

In all seriousness, however, have you considered the psychological effect that getting a powerful shock while investigating all this crap might have on me? While it,s a bit of a stretch, I can see myself getting so bitter and disappointed in the memeplex of "Normal enjoyable life" and "Contributing to society" that I devote my life to supporting the push for FAI, on a "Kill or cure" logic.

Potential prosecution of LGBT people is a valid casus belli and/or excuse for depriving a state of self-determination.

I agree wholeheartedly (except that I think that the basic "Might makes right" principle is more ethical in practice than any kind of human international law, so a made-up and clearly bullshit casus belli is equal in my eyes to the most just and humanitarian one: it's the practical effects that matters). This is hardly a "forbidden" opinion in any way, though: e.g. the late Christopher Hitchens would've likely supported it.

In general, this thread seems to have a justification in digging mostly for policies we perceive as brutal, anti-liberal and anti-humanist: they're the ones that sound the most evil and appaling to us, therefore, exiling an idea to that cluster would be a viable form of censorship (even if we should find this censorship wise and proper).