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gjm 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: kodos96 24 December 2012 04:17:08AM 7 points [-]

You must do what you feel is right, of course

Passive-aggression level: Obi-Wan Kenobi

Comment author: gjm 24 December 2012 11:06:20AM 3 points [-]

I don't see that that's passive-aggressive when it's accompanied by a clear and explicit statement that Nominull thinks Eliezer is wrong and why. What would be passive-aggressive is just saying "Well, I suppose you must do what you feel is right" and expecting Eliezer to work out that disapproval is being expressed and what sort.

Comment author: kodos96 24 December 2012 04:26:05PM 1 point [-]

I didn't mean it as a criticism, just that my brain pattern-matched his choice of words and read it in Alec Guiness's voice.