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I strictly mentioned I wouldn't depend on someone deciding how much (x/violence) is moral or immoral. Do you want to depend on someone to say how many beatings

I strictly mentioned I wouldn't depend on someone deciding how much (x/violence) is moral or immoral. Do you want to depend on someone to say how many beatings is moral to be inflicted upon yourself?

antisthenes 7y ago
> Do you want to depend on someone to say how many beatings is moral to be inflicted upon yourself? Regardless of what I want, we currently live in a society where the govt holds the monopoly on violence. You're free to have your opinion that an adolescent libertarian utopia is possible though.
- conanbatt 7y ago
  You are also free to clap at internment camps and smile at your own moral and intelectual superiority.
  - dang 7y ago
    Would you please stop doing flamewars on HN? We've asked you repeatedly and we ban accounts that keep doing this. Generic ideological flamewars are among the worst, because they're so repetitive. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
    - conanbatt 7y ago
      Okay. This is the first 'warning' I've read. I would read the thread that prompted this flagging, where I responded to a literal insult.
      - dang 7y ago
        Ok, I've responded to a couple of the comments upthread. Not seeing a moderation reply doesn't mean we implicitly endorse a comment. The likeliest explanation is that we didn't see it. Re previous 'warnings': https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19894978 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19894978, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19696256 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19696256, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19348644 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19348644 are the ones I was referring to.
- dang 7y ago
  Crossing into name-calling and personal attack is not cool and will get you banned here. Would you please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and use this site in its intended spirit?

I strictly mentioned I wouldn't depend on someone deciding how much (x/violence) is moral or immoral. Do you want to depend on someone to say how many beatings is moral to be inflicted upon yourself?

antisthenes 7y ago

> Do you want to depend on someone to say how many beatings is moral to be inflicted upon yourself? Regardless of what I want, we currently live in a society where the govt holds the monopoly on violence. You're free to have your opinion that an adolescent libertarian utopia is possible though.

conanbatt 7y ago
You are also free to clap at internment camps and smile at your own moral and intelectual superiority.
- dang 7y ago
  Would you please stop doing flamewars on HN? We've asked you repeatedly and we ban accounts that keep doing this. Generic ideological flamewars are among the worst, because they're so repetitive. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - conanbatt 7y ago
    Okay. This is the first 'warning' I've read. I would read the thread that prompted this flagging, where I responded to a literal insult.
    - dang 7y ago
      Ok, I've responded to a couple of the comments upthread. Not seeing a moderation reply doesn't mean we implicitly endorse a comment. The likeliest explanation is that we didn't see it. Re previous 'warnings': https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19894978 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19894978, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19696256 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19696256, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19348644 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19348644 are the ones I was referring to.
dang 7y ago
Crossing into name-calling and personal attack is not cool and will get you banned here. Would you please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and use this site in its intended spirit?