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>Someone that publishes their name doesn't deserve anonymity, correct? Incorrect. Someone making a mistake does not give you the right to exploit that mistake.
by scythe 6y ago
>Someone that publishes their name doesn't deserve anonymity, correct?
Incorrect. Someone making a mistake does not give you the right to exploit that mistake. That's what Eric Harris thought but it's not how civilized society works. The fact that Scott gave some information away (indirectly) at some point (which you call "publishing") doesn't actually change the significance of the actions.
- ketamine__ 6y agoSo if Sam Altman decides it was a mistake to reveal his name no publication should publish his name anymore?
- scythe 6y agoSam Altman clearly intended to be a public figure. Scott did not. This is not in question.
- pseudalopex 6y agoSearching for Eric Harris just finds the murderer. Is that who you meant?
- scythe 6y agoYes — once I read the FBI profile of Harris which noted an incident where he stole from an unlocked van and argued furiously that the victim deserved it for being foolish. It stuck in my head as a canonical example of that kind of thinking.
- pseudalopex 6y agoIt's a superficial and incendiary analogy.