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Comment by disqard

6 days ago

From a POSIWID perspective, you are right.

From a "we live in a civilized society" perspective, I can see why some people are outraged about his killing.

Finally, looking at the balance sheet of his accomplishments, I can also see why the pitchfork crowd is cheering.

> From a "we live in a civilized society" perspective, I can see why some people are outraged about his killing.

I sometimes wonder how many of the "outraged" are really just people who don't want to be judged for what they've done too.

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  • It does seem to be nonsense, yes. The duck test makes more sense. In the duck test, you can't claim something is an eagle if it walks and quacks like a duck. In POSIWID, however, you can't claim you intended it to be an eagle.