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Re:North Korea's computer operating system mirrors its polit... by jabgrabdthrow on Sunday December 27, 2015 @09:09PM (#10799493)
An honest debater attacks the strongest points, not the weakest ones. All you've done is given the parent comment the experience to make all examples in a list roughly equally bad.
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Re:North Korea's computer operating system mirrors its polit... by mikeash on Sunday December 27, 2015 @09:22PM (#10799529)
The principle of charity has nothing to do with honesty. I agree that it's generally a good idea, but it is unrelated to being "an honest debater."

Maybe you should apply it yourself and respond to my strongest points instead of my weakest ones.

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Re:North Korea's computer operating system mirrors its polit... by pessimizer on Monday December 28, 2015 @01:48AM (#10800206)
1) Not replying exclusively to the weakest example given in a series of examples has a lot more to do with honesty than charity.

2) You only made one point, and that was the only one responded to.

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Re:North Korea's computer operating system mirrors its polit... by mikeash on Monday December 28, 2015 @09:36AM (#10801218)
1) How so?

2) My one point wasn't responded to at all.

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