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fubarobfusco comments on Is Politics the Mindkiller? An Inconclusive Test - Less Wrong Discussion

14 Post author: OrphanWilde 27 July 2012 05:45PM

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Comment author: fubarobfusco 27 July 2012 11:59:35PM 18 points [-]

Fraternity hazing seems to regularly involve drunkenness. Combining drunkenness with BDSM seems to be considered a bad idea in the BDSM community, both in terms of consent and safety.

Comment author: MileyCyrus 28 July 2012 04:11:07PM 2 points [-]

About 80% of hazing deaths involve alcohol. I was lucky in that my organization was alcohol-free and safety-conscious.

Comment author: fubarobfusco 28 July 2012 05:48:47PM 5 points [-]

Given that you assert that hazing is a net positive, and you notice that it causes some deaths, this seems to imply that you believe the benefits exceed the cost of those deaths. Is this correct?

Comment author: BlazeOrangeDeer 01 August 2012 11:11:18AM 1 point [-]

I interpreted it to mean that hazing with safety considerations is good, not all current hazing.