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I interpret these acts (trying extremely hard to find loopholes in divine command) to be ways to absolve the observant religious person from the guilt. It has n

I interpret these acts (trying extremely hard to find loopholes in divine command) to be ways to absolve the observant religious person from the guilt. It has no affect on the god. It’s more of a “I can argue that I checked the box when I meet my maker and have to explain myself.” Also, hopefully nobody actually takes these rules so seriously that they end up hurting or killing anyone. There was a bicyclist who was injured when one of these lines fell far below installation height, but I’m thinking more about, for example, people who need to use hospital equipment during the Sabbath.

bawolff 1y ago
> Also, hopefully nobody actually takes these rules so seriously that they end up hurting or killing anyone. There was a bicyclist who was injured when one of these lines fell far below installation height, but I’m thinking more about, for example, people who need to use hospital equipment during the Sabbath. They are supposed to ignore these rules if a life is at stake. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pikuach_nefesh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pikuach_nefesh
- AStonesThrow 1y ago
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  - egypturnash 1y ago
    What are all those [brackets] and (((parenthesis))) in your posts supposed to mean? Do you need a refresher on HN’s half-assed version of Markdown (https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc) or something?
    - giraffe_lady 1y ago
      It's an anti-semitic dog whistle. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_parentheses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_parentheses This poster is a fan of, or maybe actually is himself, the neonazi cartoonist StoneToss; the username is an allusion to the artist. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StoneToss https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StoneToss
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      - archagon 1y ago
        Gross. With users like this, I've been making good use of the "Comments Owl for Hacker News" browser plugin: add an emoji tag to the user for visibility, then insta-flag their posts whenever I see them. (There are probably better uses of my time, but...)
        AStonesThrow 1y ago
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  - tomhow 1y ago
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bawolff 1y ago

> Also, hopefully nobody actually takes these rules so seriously that they end up hurting or killing anyone. There was a bicyclist who was injured when one of these lines fell far below installation height, but I’m thinking more about, for example, people who need to use hospital equipment during the Sabbath. They are supposed to ignore these rules if a life is at stake. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pikuach_nefesh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pikuach_nefesh

AStonesThrow 1y ago
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- egypturnash 1y ago
  What are all those [brackets] and (((parenthesis))) in your posts supposed to mean? Do you need a refresher on HN’s half-assed version of Markdown (https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc) or something?
  - giraffe_lady 1y ago
    It's an anti-semitic dog whistle. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_parentheses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_parentheses This poster is a fan of, or maybe actually is himself, the neonazi cartoonist StoneToss; the username is an allusion to the artist. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StoneToss https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StoneToss
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    - archagon 1y ago
      Gross. With users like this, I've been making good use of the "Comments Owl for Hacker News" browser plugin: add an emoji tag to the user for visibility, then insta-flag their posts whenever I see them. (There are probably better uses of my time, but...)
      - AStonesThrow 1y ago
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- tomhow 1y ago
  We've banned this account.