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Lumifer comments on Open Thread, Jun. 22 - Jun. 28, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: skeptical_lurker 23 June 2015 06:14:58AM *  0 points [-]

If someone on LW mentions taking part in seriously illegal activities (in all jurisdictions), am I morally obliged to contact the police/site admin? I don't think the person in question is going to hurt anyone directly.

Speaking of which, who is the site mod? Vladmeir someone?

EDIT: I think I misunderstood and the situation isn't bad enough to need reporting to anyone. He was only worrying about whether he wanted to do certain things, rather than actually doing them.

Comment author: Lumifer 23 June 2015 02:48:37PM 7 points [-]

am I morally obliged to contact the police/site admin?

I hope not (though your morality is your morality, of course). Bringing in the cops into an online discussion is very VERY rarely a proper thing to do, IMHO.

Comment author: skeptical_lurker 21 July 2015 06:56:48AM -2 points [-]

This was a very serious matter - I would not have considered calling the police for most things.