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Re:The Positive Side of Shame by maxduckworth on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @05:01PM (#22174561)
> The issue is making someone suffer more than is necessary or making them suffer for the wrong reasons

Agreed. I just think that most people would call causing suffering more than is necessary and for the wrong reasons "violent".

If not "violent", what would you call a shame based intervention that causes unnecessary suffering or is done for the wrong reasons?

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Re:The Positive Side of Shame by AstralStorm on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @04:20AM (#22178780)
Just call it evil and wrong.

(It is in almost all ethical and moral systems.)

You can also call it immoral and a few other adjectives.

And for added irony, it should also be shameful.

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