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I'm a bit confused by what you're trying to say. If I make a joke, and the other person doesn't understand it as a joke, is that unethical? If I say something
by BariumBlue 10y ago
I'm a bit confused by what you're trying to say.
If I make a joke, and the other person doesn't understand it as a joke, is that unethical?
If I say something untrue, is that unethical, regardless of intent?
It seems to me that you're saying that the only ethical use of communication is an emotionless exchange of concepts and pieces of data.
- gwright 10y agoI'm saying that being fraudulent and deceitful is a bad thing. Telling jokes isn't fraudulent in general but obviously telling a joke or pranking someone at their expense could be fraudulent and deceitful. I didn't say "intent" didn't matter, in fact I said the opposite. Intent is important and when you are fraudulent and deceitful in your intent you are being unethical. I didn't say anything about 'emotion'.
- BariumBlue 10y agoApologies, but I'm still a bit confused The way I understood your comment, is that saying something untruthful or presenting something in a way that the truthiness is difficult to determine is inherently unethical, unless it is very explicitly for a good cause. I personally enjoy ambiguity in my interactions with other people, online or offline. I'm not personally sure how misrepresenting yourself for no evil purpose can be considered inherently bad. You have a thought that I want to understand, but i'm just not sure how to read/interpret it to make sense. Perhaps your understanding/definition of "trolling" is so different than mine that it is incomprehensible to me.