Jay_Schweikert comments on Rationality Quotes December 2014 - LessWrong

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Comment author: Jay_Schweikert 18 December 2014 05:02:23AM 14 points [-]

It is wrong to put temptation in the path of any nation, For fear they should succumb and go astray; So when you are requested to pay up or be molested, You will find it better policy to say: --

"We never pay any-one Dane-geld, No matter how trifling the cost; For the end of that game is oppression and shame, And the nation that pays it is lost!"

--Rudyard Kipling, "Dane-Geld"

A nice reminder about the value of one-boxing, especially in light of current events.

Comment author: alienist 19 December 2014 07:25:20AM 2 points [-]

Well, when this capitulation happened in 2012 no one except a few "right-wing nuts" seemed to care.

Comment author: Manfred 21 December 2014 05:47:36PM 5 points [-]

This was definitely not the right link to use, at all - how about wikipedia instead? Nor am I sure what point you want to make besides scoring political points - how about specific recommendations?

Comment author: hairyfigment 18 December 2014 08:07:41AM 0 points [-]

You don't see that last link as a publicity stunt? I tentatively suspect that it is - though maybe I should put that under 50% - with a lot of the remaining probability going to blackmail of some individual(s).

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