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Your response is sad, because you accuse me of things I never said. I never said "bullying" was justified. Infectious disease is a fact of life. We can wash our
by javascriptlol 15y ago
Your response is sad, because you accuse me of things I never said. I never said "bullying" was justified. Infectious disease is a fact of life. We can wash our hands and prevent the worst plagues, but there is every reason to think that total elimination of disease would be ecologically unsound for humans. People need an immune system. Do you think that I am now "justifying" HIV? It's not "sexism" to be a prejudiced human being.
- wpietri 15y agoYou justified bullying when you talked about how childhood aggression is useful because it toughens the victim up for later life (that is, putting up with other aggression). Sexism is not some uncontrollable virus. Sexism is something that people do to other people. And, happily something that some people don't do to other people. We have a choice, and pretending otherwise is absurd.
- javascriptlol 15y agoGive me one example of a society where youthful aggression has been eliminated.
- javascriptlol 15y agoAgain, HN shames itself by down-voting a point it has no answer. Someone show me how we can eliminate "bullying" and unfairness anymore than we can eliminate disease. Too much social control will just give rise to new problems, thus creating more need for the "fairness" industry.
- wpietri 15y agoThere's a big difference between "can't answer" and "no point in answering". For me, you've put yourself in the latter bucket.
- javascriptlol 15y agoDown-voting is not for responses you don't find interesting. It is for hiding responses that abuse the forum. Your mental lethargy is not an excuse to down vote people you disagree with.
- jasonlotito 15y agoDownvotes are for all your meta discussion about downvotes and comments that don't contribute.
- javascriptlol 15y agoHow.. hypocritical. Dumbo.
- jasonlotito 15y agoHypocritical implies I'm some how under the impression my comment is contributing to the central discussion. That I might teach you some manners makes the price worth it. I can see however that learning is not something you do.
- javascriptlol 15y ago