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Your examples illustrate my point quite well. It is (and should be) illegal to pour greek fire on even 1 person - small scale doesn't make the action ok. Does

Your examples illustrate my point quite well. It is (and should be) illegal to pour greek fire on even 1 person - small scale doesn't make the action ok. Does this mean we should pass a law against salesmen, and just general interpersonal persuasion? If not, why not?

dredmorbius 10y ago
I'm going to try to put my finger on the nature of your comments that's troubled me for quite some time. A key element that's lacking seems to be the principle of charity: seeking a sympathetic understanding of an idea presented, and interpretation of ideas in their most persuasive form. I don't believe I've ever seen you do that. You might care to give it a thought. http://philosophy.lander.edu/oriental/charity.html http://philosophy.lander.edu/oriental/charity.html I'll through your questions back at you: How is Greek Fire unlike a hydrogen bomb? How might considerations of these be different? What else that shares elements of what a hydrogen bomb is, or does, still substantively different in a way that would not require some sort of regulatory treatment? Why is it we pass laws, generally? What are the hallmarks of a good, or a bad law?
- dredmorbius 10y ago
  Gah. "Throw", not "through".
crawfordcomeaux 10y ago
If I sell you something I know you have the money for, but can't afford, that's a predatory action. If I convince you to harm yourself, that's a predatory action. We have laws of various forms making these actions illegal. They may not be federally regulated, but could probably stand to be, especially when it's done at scale. Who needs protection of the law in those situations? The emotionally exploitable or the unethical salesman?
wheelerwj 10y ago
no one is talking about passing a law against campaigning or politicians. What we are talking about is passing a law that says your data can't be used against you.
- jpttsn 10y ago
  How does this mesh with the idea that information wants to be free and DRM is evil?

dredmorbius 10y ago

I'm going to try to put my finger on the nature of your comments that's troubled me for quite some time. A key element that's lacking seems to be the principle of charity: seeking a sympathetic understanding of an idea presented, and interpretation of ideas in their most persuasive form. I don't believe I've ever seen you do that. You might care to give it a thought. http://philosophy.lander.edu/oriental/charity.html http://philosophy.lander.edu/oriental/charity.html I'll through your questions back at you: How is Greek Fire unlike a hydrogen bomb? How might considerations of these be different? What else that shares elements of what a hydrogen bomb is, or does, still substantively different in a way that would not require some sort of regulatory treatment? Why is it we pass laws, generally? What are the hallmarks of a good, or a bad law?

dredmorbius 10y ago
Gah. "Throw", not "through".

crawfordcomeaux 10y ago

If I sell you something I know you have the money for, but can't afford, that's a predatory action. If I convince you to harm yourself, that's a predatory action. We have laws of various forms making these actions illegal. They may not be federally regulated, but could probably stand to be, especially when it's done at scale. Who needs protection of the law in those situations? The emotionally exploitable or the unethical salesman?

wheelerwj 10y ago

no one is talking about passing a law against campaigning or politicians. What we are talking about is passing a law that says your data can't be used against you.

jpttsn 10y ago
How does this mesh with the idea that information wants to be free and DRM is evil?