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Hmmm, yeah, I guess I'm not communicating very clearly here. In my worldview, actions should be judged along with the circumstances that led to the actions.

For example, a human-wielded knife slashing across a human body to cause a bloody and gruesome wound. I consider that action relatively neutral without knowing more of the context.

If the knife is being wielded by a mugger during an attempted robbery, then I consider it to be an unpleasant action.

If the knife is being wielded by a doctor in an attempted c-section, I consider it to be a less unpleasant action, perhaps, even a justified and positive action.

I mean Jesus Christ, do you really enter into these discussions with an objectivity that can't conceive of how events and actions can have different values depending on the given circumstances?




I don't know why you didn't choose to explain the context, and instead focused on red herrings like anonymity.

This makes me believe the real context here is "he's a douchbag, now I have a reason for my hatred".




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