thoughtifnot

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   by thoughtifnot 10y ago

   I'm not sure I follow. I'm granting the possibility that the outcome of her leak was ultimately negative, but that's not related to her intentions, nor to whether or not her intentions are morally or practically relevant. Edi
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   by thoughtifnot 10y ago

   If we lived in the same moral universe as them, they would be doing the right thing. The thought does give me pause, from time to time. But the point is not to redeem Manning's actions in a utilitarian sense. The facts are that she s
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   by thoughtifnot 10y ago

   Yes, and; while Snowden gives conference talks from exile, she's facing charges and indefinite solitary confinement as punishment for a suicide attempt. Naive and misguided, perhaps, but you really can't argue she didn't risk
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   by thoughtifnot 10y ago

   > Then why do group of atoms (eg. gold) have a color, but not an individual atom? I think the point is the question implicitly assumes you can take an atom, blow it up to the size of a softball, and then observe what color the softball i