"We refuse to help because it's a mild inconvenience to us and we'll justify it by assuming that it won't help without knowing for a fact that it won't." That'

"We refuse to help because it's a mild inconvenience to us and we'll justify it by assuming that it won't help without knowing for a fact that it won't." That's a fascinating stance that you've outlined and that others have parroted. A stance that HN has implied with the reply to OP.