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> If everyone took the line you're talking about, "I don't know the full story (because nobody ever can) so I'm not going to pass any judgement"... sigh. I nev

> If everyone took the line you're talking about, "I don't know the full story (because nobody ever can) so I'm not going to pass any judgement"... sigh. I never said that. I have no idea how you got from "comment publicly" to "pass judgement".

citricsquid 14y ago
I think I'm misunderstanding the point you're making, I'm not much good at interpreting things. From what I understand of your comment: That is what is wrong with saying, "just accept the consequences", when you have no damn idea what the consequences are. I think you're saying that he shouldn't have passed judgement because he wasn't aware of the situation, although now reading your emphasis on ""comment publicly" to "pass judgement"" I suspect you may have meant that edw519 is at fault for his specific action (commenting that he thought Aaron should accept the consequences) not for thinking that Aaron should have accepted the consequences? If that's the case then my comment will not have been particularly relevant, sorry about that.
- thaumaturgy 14y ago
  > I suspect you may have meant that edw519 is at fault for his specific action (commenting that he thought Aaron should accept the consequences) not for thinking that Aaron should have accepted the consequences? Yes, exactly, with the caveat that I'm absolutely not putting Ed "at fault" for anything here -- I'm talking about comments like that one, in general. Everybody judges things, we on HN perhaps most of all. That's fine, it's part of our nature. However, we really need to think it over before we declare our judgement in a comment on a public forum, especially when it's likely that we aren't fully aware of the situation we're judging. > If that's the case then my comment will not have been particularly relevant, sorry about that. Hey man, no worries. Glad we got it sorted.

citricsquid 14y ago

I think I'm misunderstanding the point you're making, I'm not much good at interpreting things. From what I understand of your comment: That is what is wrong with saying, "just accept the consequences", when you have no damn idea what the consequences are. I think you're saying that he shouldn't have passed judgement because he wasn't aware of the situation, although now reading your emphasis on ""comment publicly" to "pass judgement"" I suspect you may have meant that edw519 is at fault for his specific action (commenting that he thought Aaron should accept the consequences) not for thinking that Aaron should have accepted the consequences? If that's the case then my comment will not have been particularly relevant, sorry about that.

thaumaturgy 14y ago
> I suspect you may have meant that edw519 is at fault for his specific action (commenting that he thought Aaron should accept the consequences) not for thinking that Aaron should have accepted the consequences? Yes, exactly, with the caveat that I'm absolutely not putting Ed "at fault" for anything here -- I'm talking about comments like that one, in general. Everybody judges things, we on HN perhaps most of all. That's fine, it's part of our nature. However, we really need to think it over before we declare our judgement in a comment on a public forum, especially when it's likely that we aren't fully aware of the situation we're judging. > If that's the case then my comment will not have been particularly relevant, sorry about that. Hey man, no worries. Glad we got it sorted.