On 21/09/2007, William Pietri william@scissor.com wrote:
Maliciousness or lack thereof is irrelevant. (WP certainly attacked DB before DB started outing... other people.) The goal should be to protect people. People can be hurt regardless of the presence or absence of maliciousness.
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Who feels hurt is not a good indicator of actual wrongdoing.
'Anything done out of love is beyond good and evil.' - Nietzsche
If you are focusing on who did something wrong, you are missing the point. Maybe they did, maybe they didn't, maybe they are not guilty by reason of insanity, maybe they are neither white nor black but grey. But if someone is getting hurt, the person should be protected. Focusing on who needs to be punished will most likely make things worse.
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