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> Won't this incentivise future acts of murder and terrorism?

Yes, that's what he was trying to do.

Ted claims we must stop technology, even with violent means, because technology causes greater suffering than the violent means to stop it.

You claim "but that's violent!"

That's not an argument. If you did try to make an argument (against Ted's ideas), I would agree with you. I would try to make that argument myself.

We can have an intellectual dialogue without devolving to "this made me feel bad therefore you're wrong!"




I never intended to make an argument against Kaczynski's ideas, I'm just pointing out that people could have reasonable moral objections against distributing his work. It's "negotiating with terrorists" kind of stuff. Whether his ideas are good or bad is an entirely separate matter.

> We can have an intellectual dialogue without devolving to "this made me feel bad therefore you're wrong!"

The people who are dead or wounded feel very bad indeed. And I never said you're wrong, either, or that Kaczynski's ideas are wrong.


Fair enough.

I misread your comments because I'm too triggered by people stating their emotions as if they're arguments.




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