> I don't think it's hard to answer at all—in fact, you answered it right there. I guess I did shoot myself in the foot there :) I was trying to reconcile thi

> I don't think it's hard to answer at all—in fact, you answered it right there. I guess I did shoot myself in the foot there :) I was trying to reconcile this: suppose Socrates was a dick and actually did get pleasure out of annoying people -- and the pointing out of the flaws was actually the side-effect. Would his execution somehow have been justified? I still don't think so.