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Eugine_Nier 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: Larks 23 December 2012 11:01:04PM 4 points [-]

Does advocating gun control, or increased taxes, count? They would count as violence is private actors did them, and talking about them makes them more likely (by states). Is the public-private distinction the important thing - would advocating/talking about state-sanctioned genocide be ok?

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 24 December 2012 01:54:53AM *  3 points [-]

What about capital punishment and/or corporal punishment?