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<p>[QUOTE="Houseman, post: 12463, member: 7"]</p><p><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95)"><strong>Th</strong></span></span>is isn't r<span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95)"><strong>e</strong></span></span>ally an <span style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95)"><span style="font-size: 26px"><strong>argument</strong></span> </span>per se, just something I want to yell at a cloud about<span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95)"><strong>:</strong></span></span></p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://archive.ph/L9cWW[/URL]</p><p></p><p>Remember the Ukraine conflict? The "Russian invasion?" (who decides whether to call it a war, an invasion, a conflict, or a special military operation? CNN? Ukraine? Russia? The UN?) Well, StackExchange, the broader network that encompasses StackOverflow, has made the brave stance that any use of the the "Z" symbol that appears on Russian hardware is not allowed on the network.</p><p></p><p>So another user asks, "what about other invasions? What about when the USA invades someone? What about Israel and Palestine? What about the British? What about any future invasion? Where's the line? What's the reasoning?"</p><p></p><p>Their answer? "We'll handle it on a case by case basis, and pass it off to another team to decide if it's unclear".</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95)">The rebuttal:</span></span></strong></p><p></p><p>You guys don't know. Why? Because you haven't thought about it. You have no principles. No morals. There was no reasoning behind your original decision. You have no north star. You are simply drifting along in the flow of public opinion. Public opinion says "Russia bad" and so you also say "Russia bad" for no reason other than because it's what everyone else is saying. </p><p></p><p>That's why you can't answer the question.</p><p></p><p>You wouldn't dare have principles, because public opinion changes on a whim, and taking a principled stand just means you have to uproot yourself every time it changes. "Bodily autonomy is bad, you must get vaccinated!" "Bodily autonomy is good, we must have abortions!" See, you can't have principles and also chase the approval of the crowd at the same time.</p><p></p><p>You're a bunch of cowards whose self-preservation mechanism is to blend in with the crowd, like a pack animal.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="Houseman, post: 12463, member: 7"] [SIZE=26px][COLOR=rgb(65, 168, 95)][B]Th[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE]is isn't r[SIZE=26px][COLOR=rgb(65, 168, 95)][B]e[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE]ally an [COLOR=rgb(65, 168, 95)][SIZE=26px][B]argument[/B][/SIZE] [/COLOR]per se, just something I want to yell at a cloud about[SIZE=26px][COLOR=rgb(65, 168, 95)][B]:[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [URL unfurl="true"]https://archive.ph/L9cWW[/URL] Remember the Ukraine conflict? The "Russian invasion?" (who decides whether to call it a war, an invasion, a conflict, or a special military operation? CNN? Ukraine? Russia? The UN?) Well, StackExchange, the broader network that encompasses StackOverflow, has made the brave stance that any use of the the "Z" symbol that appears on Russian hardware is not allowed on the network. So another user asks, "what about other invasions? What about when the USA invades someone? What about Israel and Palestine? What about the British? What about any future invasion? Where's the line? What's the reasoning?" Their answer? "We'll handle it on a case by case basis, and pass it off to another team to decide if it's unclear". [B][SIZE=26px][COLOR=rgb(65, 168, 95)]The rebuttal:[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] You guys don't know. Why? Because you haven't thought about it. You have no principles. No morals. There was no reasoning behind your original decision. You have no north star. You are simply drifting along in the flow of public opinion. Public opinion says "Russia bad" and so you also say "Russia bad" for no reason other than because it's what everyone else is saying. That's why you can't answer the question. You wouldn't dare have principles, because public opinion changes on a whim, and taking a principled stand just means you have to uproot yourself every time it changes. "Bodily autonomy is bad, you must get vaccinated!" "Bodily autonomy is good, we must have abortions!" See, you can't have principles and also chase the approval of the crowd at the same time. You're a bunch of cowards whose self-preservation mechanism is to blend in with the crowd, like a pack animal. [/QUOTE]
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