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> his arguments are typically sound Telling someone to kill themselves is not a sound argument under any circumstances.
by chrisseaton 5y ago
> his arguments are typically sound
Telling someone to kill themselves is not a sound argument under any circumstances.
- samhw 5y agoWhat if that person is Hitler? What if you work at Dignitas? What if you're Linus Torvalds, working at Dignitas, and the person is Hitler, and Hitler wants to merge a particularly bad pull request to add an NPM leftpad dependency to page_alloc?
- chrisseaton 5y agoThese aren't sensible suggestions worth debating. But yes I think it's literally absolutely always wrong to tell anyone to kill themselves, no matter how evil they are. Personal abuse is always wrong.
- samhw 5y agoIf it wasn't sufficiently clear from my scenario where Hitler wants to merge an NPM dependency into the Linux kernel while Linus Torvalds is treating him at a euthanasia clinic, I was joking. In the scope of any realistically possible pull request discussion, yes, you're undoubtedly right.