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Re:No Man’s Sky developer Sean Murray: ‘It was as bad as thi... by afuchs on Friday July 20, 2018 @03:02PM (#17577877)
> [...] People are literally being kidnapped or killed or starving and you're complaining about online harrassment. [...]

In the context of this discussion, about an article about online harassment, this is a very disingenuous straw man. Yes, there are other problems in the world, but this isn't the forum to debate them.

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Re:No Man’s Sky developer Sean Murray: ‘It was as bad as thi... by jemfinch on Friday July 20, 2018 @03:17PM (#17578017)
It's not just about online harrassment, though. It's also about a fraudulent game developer. So when the OP was complaining about that fraud, they were completely on topic and justified.

I was responding to a person who was saying that because death threats are worse than fraud, you can't talk about the fraud. I was making the comparison to far greater injustices to turn the same argument on them.

I find it hard to believe that you truly misunderstood my rhetorical tool as a call to discuss those injustices here.

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