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18 Post author: Wei_Dai 05 October 2012 07:23AM

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Comment author: Wei_Dai 06 October 2012 05:47:02PM 2 points [-]

This may be a stupid question, but... why do you want to avoid "punishment" (in the technical sense you reference here)?

  1. My tentative understanding is that "labeling something and calling it undesirable" is only one form of "punishment" that fits wedrifid's definition, and that if I ignore his milder punishments, he may escalate to more severe forms. (I started putting an example of what I think may be one of his more severe forms of punishment, but removed it in case he considers it to be either quoting out of context or mind-reading.)
  2. My expectation is that in most cases when I'm punished I will consider myself innocent but also have some doubt (e.g., perhaps I am biased about my self-assessment or just missing something obvious). I may be tempted to defend myself or ask wedrid to explain his reasons, which may cause more discussions that others consider unproductive, as well as frustration to myself if I fail to resolve the doubt.
Comment author: TheOtherDave 06 October 2012 05:49:34PM 0 points [-]

OK. Thanks for the explanation.