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OP and yourself are perhaps engaging in what could be termed as "semantic trolling" Fortunately it isn't working because as others pointed out, "penalize himse
by fouc 9y ago
OP and yourself are perhaps engaging in what could be termed as "semantic trolling"
Fortunately it isn't working because as others pointed out, "penalize himself" and "donate to charity" concepts aren't directly tied together. Where the donation actually goes is immaterial, so it's not possible to argue that "punish himself" implies "donate to charity" is punishment.
- tnegoshi 9y agoThe only misuse of semantics I see is where an attempt to obscure a concretely causal relationship occurs: mistake > punish himself > donate to charity to punish himself Donating to charity as a method to achieve the punishment goal is precisely material in this case. GP is asking if this method, which contains both a gain and loss, actually results in a punishment with an intended loss.
- zumu 9y agoThe punishment isn't donating to charity. The punishment is losing money.