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Good_Burning_Plastic comments on Open thread, Oct. 5 - Oct. 11, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: skeptical_lurker 07 October 2015 12:44:56PM *  8 points [-]

I have mixed feelings about this. He was posting the same argument about being incel in every single open thread, and the repetitiveness seems more annoying than the content, to me. But OTOH he also posted some interesting cryonics stuff.

Incidentally, suppose someone posted on the forum to say "As an Indian, my cultural heritage says that parents should decide who a woman marries."

Should this person be banned?

I'm not saying to support AA's position, nor as an attempt to criticise Indian culture, I'm just trying to see if we can have a consistent position on what counts as unacceptably offensive.

Comment author: Good_Burning_Plastic 08 October 2015 08:03:57AM 3 points [-]

Incidentally, suppose someone posted on the forum to say "As an Indian, my cultural heritage says that parents should decide who a woman marries." Should this person be banned?

If they only say that once, no they shouldn't. If they say it umpteen times and continue doing so even after being downvoted to oblivion umpteen times, maybe.

Comment author: skeptical_lurker 08 October 2015 08:27:36AM 2 points [-]

Seems reasonable and consistent.