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RomeoStevens comments on New censorship: against hypothetical violence against identifiable people - Less Wrong Discussion

22 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 23 December 2012 09:00PM

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Comment author: RomeoStevens 24 December 2012 01:28:57AM 0 points [-]

discussion of violence by state actors is quite a bit different than discussion of individual violence.

Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 24 December 2012 04:08:20AM 5 points [-]

discussion of violence by state actors is quite a bit different than discussion of individual violence.

Sure, but why is that a difference that makes a difference?

Comment author: MixedNuts 25 December 2012 05:15:35PM 0 points [-]

Individuals are somewhat likely to become violent because of Internet sophistry. If big oils (or likely future big oils) become violent because of Internet sophistry, we have bigger problems.