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This is clearly a criminal and very evil act that will likely harm many people, not just emotionally but also physically. I wonder how anyone could be so derang
by DominikR 10y ago
This is clearly a criminal and very evil act that will likely harm many people, not just emotionally but also physically. I wonder how anyone could be so deranged to do something like this.
But it is also a cultural problem of these Muslim societies that they actually stone people to death for adultery. This is horrific.
If I were to make a dating app then I would outright ban all of these countries because I don't want to have their blood on my hands if I made an error and data was leaked as a result.
Of course in some cases people might be harmed physically even in our societies, but it'd occur much less frequently and what's most important - it wouldn't be something that is supported by our institutions, culture and society.
- protomyth 10y ago> This is clearly a criminal and very evil act that will likely harm many people, not just emotionally but also physically. I wonder how anyone could be so deranged to do something like this. I would imagine its probably a family member of someone killed in a terrorist attack. Trying to take vengeance against a whole segment of humanity is not unknown.
- DominikR 10y agoWhich makes him or her no different from the terrorists themselves, though I can understand the suffering if you have lost someone. These are just normal people after all that will be harmed. Some random teenagers sexting in the Middle East.
- whamlastxmas 10y agoI find this comment offensive. You're implying the primary harm here is done by the hacker, not the people actually stoning others to death.
- DominikR 10y agoSorry, but where exactly did I blame the victim? And where did I weight the guilt of the hacker vs the guilt of these societies that engage in such horrific acts? Is there even a point in doing this? I despise both and that's what I said. Besides, people would get hurt after such a leak even in the West. In most cases emotionally, but still there's a lot of people out there that could snap if they find out their wife has been cheating on them. It still happens.
- hackuser 10y ago> Muslim societies that they actually stone people to death for adultery This is false. Put on your skeptical, critical thinking cap: 1) Do you really know that stoning is prevelant, and not just a few sensational news stories? 2) Is there a high correlation? That is, are there Muslim societies that don't stone people (maybe in wealthy parts of the world)? Are there other groups that do stone people and do similarly brutal things (maybe in poor parts of the world)? It's very serious to spread this misinformation; this is how hatred and discrimination spread, and how brutal things happen to minorities. Consider that many of the worst calamities in history are based on ignorance and hatred of the 'other' ethnicity, including what has happened in the wealthiest nations.
- JoeAltmaier 10y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoning#Afghanistan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoning#Afghanistan Its trying to be phased out but remains surprisingly pernicious.
- hackuser 10y agoThe fact that it exists in Afghanistan (if Wikipedia is to be believed), at whatever frequency, doesn't address any of the questions I brought up.
- DominikR 10y agoAnd it exists in Saudi Arabia, Iran to name a few of the larger Muslim countries. And how about people that are homosexual. Right, death penalty in 11 Muslim countries. It's entirely possible that also homosexual people would have used this dating app.
- hackuser 10y agoAgain, this isn't evidence. I assume people on HN have better analytical ability than that, skepticism, and the ability to filter meaningful data from the large universe of assertions. Let's try taking this very serious issue seriously (see my above statements).