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I personally find this view strange. I think there's tremendous risk in breeding a community that promotes this behavior to a degree that it's difficult to dis
by mffnbs 7y ago
I personally find this view strange. I think there's tremendous risk in breeding a community that promotes this behavior to a degree that it's difficult to discern whether or not someone is _actually_ talking about shooting dozens of jews at a synagogue instead of _joking_ about it.
At some point in time I don't think it's worth picking apart that nuance anymore. Like, it's great they're not committing acts of terrorism daily and are instead only doing so every few weeks, I guess, but there's really no reason to defend the people who are promoting this behavior in order to protect the use of grade-school irony.
- antidesitter 7y ago> At some point in time I don't think it's worth picking apart that nuance anymore. Good thing you have nothing to do with the justice system, then.
- mffnbs 7y agoSure, and I wouldn't want to be. Judiciously, though, I do not consider these people to be innocent just because they didn't pull the trigger. The number of deaths on this community's hands is non-zero, despite any pedantry surrounding their intentions.
- antidesitter 7y agoLegal responsibility for murder is apportioned to individuals, not “communities”. And that’s a very good thing.
- mffnbs 7y agoRight, sure. I don't think that's a worthwhile comment on a discussion about terrorism, though.
- antidesitter 7y agoIt is a worthwhile comment because some people in this thread (including you) are pushing for collective punishment.