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NancyLebovitz comments on The Problem Of Apostasy - Less Wrong Discussion

10 Post author: Raw_Power 19 July 2012 10:27AM

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 21 July 2012 11:25:22PM 0 points [-]

I don't know what you mean.

Comment author: Raw_Power 24 July 2012 10:54:27PM 0 points [-]

I got bogged down in the section on the development and spread of torture by electricity.

I thought it got too ugly for you and you just gave up in disgust at the senseless brutality.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 25 July 2012 01:20:28AM 0 points [-]

The ugliness (there was a fair amount about the sort of torture which mutilates as well as no marks torture) was definitely a factor, but throwing in a lot of boring detail was the deciding factor.