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The ghetto of the mind

• derefr 18y ago
  This is completely tangential, but Hackety Hack was mentioned. HetyH was apparently supposed to be "released" on March 7th; whatever happened to that? I'm sure it was delivered at Art & Code; why wasn't it put online?
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• jacobian 18y ago
  You can not fault an entire community for the actions of a single individual. You can when prominent members -- leaders, even -- of that community step up to defend those actions. In any community there will be opposing opinions on definitions of moral correctness for n issues. You can find plenty of Americans who support discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. When it comes to moral issues there are always two sides. Often, one of those sides is wrong. If you actually want to change the community, you have a better chance of influencing the future community through education then the current community through preaching. If you want to change inappropriate behavior, you have to call it out. Staying silent doesn't do much good. Good people do bad things all the time; they won't learn the difference unless someone explains it.