whyIndeed

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by whyIndeed 11y ago
Really. Quite combative. Drawing conclusions for whichever labels I present, when I did not specify how I might choose to apply the labels. Do you see where you're jumping to conclusions about my disposition yet? My last words to you a
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by whyIndeed 11y ago
I think I get what you mean, but your wording is just slightly off. The Fallacy: That anybody was a noble actor. Your wording makes it sound like there's a wrong-headed perception that war is not noble, and that the correction to the
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by whyIndeed 11y ago
My point is that it's difficult to separate the horrible, malevolent, criminal aggressors from the benign spectators or unwilling particpants, when witnessing barbaric events of human cruelty.
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by whyIndeed 11y ago
Well, these are a different species of insect though. Yellow jackets are wasps, fundamentally different from honey bees. The behavior of honey bees is one driven moreso by an inherited willingness to engage in servitude, than with wasps. Wa
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by whyIndeed 11y ago
They liked it, they explained, because the trumpets sounded exactly like the brassy screams of captive women selected for feasting. That's really an author injecting context where it might not belong. Considering that the
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by whyIndeed 11y ago
This article, though, is documenting the manner in which these tribal groups would, rather than merely condone, but instead actively participate communally in the torture and murder of insiders, their own kinfolk. As a thought experiment, w
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by whyIndeed 11y ago
This is true, even in situations where you don't care about downvotes.
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by whyIndeed 11y ago
Okay, but I'm trying to figure out why the EFF is getting involved. It doesn't sound like their usual sort of kerfuffle. Sure, greed, corruption, and low-brow abuse of power is repugnant in and of itself, but where does this start
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by whyIndeed 11y ago
I don't understand why this is an EFF fight. From what I gather the line of reasoning is something like: > eff cares about technology, in particular electronics and communication. > sometimes electronic systems, and
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by whyIndeed 11y ago
The rationalization, should one have trouble inventing imaginative justifications out of thin air, is that they've captured a notorious kingpin, and they want to roll up this super villain's covert network of criminal masterminds,