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What's stopping them? You can buy this information right now.

wedn3sday 8y ago
Fortunately for our collective sanity InfoWars listeners ~arent famously bright people.~ havent yet learned of this harassment technique.
- ScottFree 8y ago
  I'm new here. Doesn't this sort of comment violate the guidelines?
  - AckSyn 8y ago
    Yes, it does.
    - ScottFree 8y ago
      And yet, that comment is upvoted and your comment is downvoted. Maybe I don't want to become a part of this community after all. edit: then again, every single comment of yours appears to be dead? edit2: what's with the lack of transparency?
      - AckSyn 8y ago
        dead? ah i see what you mean. I must have pissed off some admin.
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  - Zuider 8y ago
    Not if it is intended purely as a question. It is true that the phrase "what's stopping them?" could be interpreted as an incitement, but this is Hacker News not one of the grubbier corners of the internet, and the first interpretation is surely the correct one.
- semi-extrinsic 8y ago
  I will refrain from commenting on the particulars as they relate to this InfoWars of which you speak, but in general it is one of the facts upon which our society's relative safety rests, that those who wish to do harm, to deceive and to pursue malice are frequently not those amongst us most blessed with the gifts of intellect.
  - kamarg 8y ago
    Or perhaps the smart ones that wish to do harm don't intend to do it on such a small scale as publishing the location data of a couple of individuals who are of relatively little consequence. It's a dangerous idea to assume that all those who are malicious are not intelligent.
    - semi-extrinsic 8y ago
      > It's a dangerous idea to assume that all those who are malicious are not intelligent. I agree on this point - there is an important distinction here between "frequently" and "always". We should be vigilant indeed and seek to uncover the true purpose of those who are malicious and deceitful. The previous remark should perhaps be taken more as a statement of relief, that fortunately there is often an inverse relation between maliciousness and intelligence.

Fortunately for our collective sanity InfoWars listeners ~arent famously bright people.~ havent yet learned of this harassment technique.

ScottFree 8y ago
I'm new here. Doesn't this sort of comment violate the guidelines?
- AckSyn 8y ago
  Yes, it does.
  - ScottFree 8y ago
    And yet, that comment is upvoted and your comment is downvoted. Maybe I don't want to become a part of this community after all. edit: then again, every single comment of yours appears to be dead? edit2: what's with the lack of transparency?
    - AckSyn 8y ago
      dead? ah i see what you mean. I must have pissed off some admin.
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- Zuider 8y ago
  Not if it is intended purely as a question. It is true that the phrase "what's stopping them?" could be interpreted as an incitement, but this is Hacker News not one of the grubbier corners of the internet, and the first interpretation is surely the correct one.
semi-extrinsic 8y ago
I will refrain from commenting on the particulars as they relate to this InfoWars of which you speak, but in general it is one of the facts upon which our society's relative safety rests, that those who wish to do harm, to deceive and to pursue malice are frequently not those amongst us most blessed with the gifts of intellect.
- kamarg 8y ago
  Or perhaps the smart ones that wish to do harm don't intend to do it on such a small scale as publishing the location data of a couple of individuals who are of relatively little consequence. It's a dangerous idea to assume that all those who are malicious are not intelligent.
  - semi-extrinsic 8y ago
    > It's a dangerous idea to assume that all those who are malicious are not intelligent. I agree on this point - there is an important distinction here between "frequently" and "always". We should be vigilant indeed and seek to uncover the true purpose of those who are malicious and deceitful. The previous remark should perhaps be taken more as a statement of relief, that fortunately there is often an inverse relation between maliciousness and intelligence.