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Comment author: Ritalin 14 November 2012 03:30:46AM *  0 points [-]

I think it's plausible to make an ethical injunction to abstain from using them. It's not like they're required or necessary to convey one's message, and I estimate that on the whole and between one thing and another they do more harm than good, on average.