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Such an encouragement is, again, a terrible idea: not only does it promote racism through implausible fictional story, but it also opens the author to legal ris

Such an encouragement is, again, a terrible idea: not only does it promote racism through implausible fictional story, but it also opens the author to legal risk if someone then implements the implausible story in reality. “Almost certainly fictional” is a Rule 34 problem: If you can conceive of a belief or outcome, then someone on the Internet will agree so strongly that they will act upon that belief or deliver that outcome.

Dylan16807 7y ago
If a completely different person does it, then they're not the one you told to do it. If I tell one person to drive drunk, I'm not responsible for a million drunk drivers. I'm not saying it's a good idea to be generically racist, I'm saying it's within your rights and not being an accomplice.
- floatingatoll 7y ago
  If you post a letter on a telephone pole encouraging one person to commit a crime, could you be prosecuted if many other people then commit that crime? The answer is likely yes, as simply addressing it to a single person while posting it publicly in view of many others does not act as the “plausible deniability” air cover you assert that it does. If I post a billboard that instructs “ImaginaryJoe” in how to exploit a weakness of bank security to steal money and encourage “ImaginaryJoe” to do so, and then five other people do so, I will be convicted as an accomplice in all five of the cases against them. If you are at risk of prosecution for past activities along these lines at forums such as 4chan, I encourage you to consult with a lawyer at your earliest convenience.
  - Dylan16807 7y ago
    > The answer is likely yes, as simply addressing it to a single person while posting it publicly in view of many others does not act as the “plausible deniability” air cover you assert that it does. I'm not talking about wink-wink-nudge-nudge """addressing""" one person. I mean honestly having a conversation with a single person, but it happens to be in a public place. If I'm walking down the street talking about bank robbery plans with a friend, and a complete stranger that I didn't even know was listening robs that bank, it's unreasonable to call me an accomplice. > If I post a billboard that instructs “ImaginaryJoe” in how to exploit a weakness of bank security to steal money and encourage “ImaginaryJoe” to do so, and then five other people do so, I will be convicted as an accomplice in all five of the cases against them. If the billboard just says "Do a fake invoice scam at every bank, ImaginaryJoe!" there is no way the writer is an accomplice to anyone.

Dylan16807 7y ago

If a completely different person does it, then they're not the one you told to do it. If I tell one person to drive drunk, I'm not responsible for a million drunk drivers. I'm not saying it's a good idea to be generically racist, I'm saying it's within your rights and not being an accomplice.

floatingatoll 7y ago
If you post a letter on a telephone pole encouraging one person to commit a crime, could you be prosecuted if many other people then commit that crime? The answer is likely yes, as simply addressing it to a single person while posting it publicly in view of many others does not act as the “plausible deniability” air cover you assert that it does. If I post a billboard that instructs “ImaginaryJoe” in how to exploit a weakness of bank security to steal money and encourage “ImaginaryJoe” to do so, and then five other people do so, I will be convicted as an accomplice in all five of the cases against them. If you are at risk of prosecution for past activities along these lines at forums such as 4chan, I encourage you to consult with a lawyer at your earliest convenience.
- Dylan16807 7y ago
  > The answer is likely yes, as simply addressing it to a single person while posting it publicly in view of many others does not act as the “plausible deniability” air cover you assert that it does. I'm not talking about wink-wink-nudge-nudge """addressing""" one person. I mean honestly having a conversation with a single person, but it happens to be in a public place. If I'm walking down the street talking about bank robbery plans with a friend, and a complete stranger that I didn't even know was listening robs that bank, it's unreasonable to call me an accomplice. > If I post a billboard that instructs “ImaginaryJoe” in how to exploit a weakness of bank security to steal money and encourage “ImaginaryJoe” to do so, and then five other people do so, I will be convicted as an accomplice in all five of the cases against them. If the billboard just says "Do a fake invoice scam at every bank, ImaginaryJoe!" there is no way the writer is an accomplice to anyone.