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Re:Chinese hacking spree hit an ‘astronomical’ number of vic... by chrisjharris on Saturday March 06, 2021 @07:53PM (#26372046)
You might be right, you might be wrong, but it would be nice if you could acknowledge that any argument about what people were thinking (rather than doing) is a shaky one and hard to state with any certainty. Bad outcomes can arise as easily from ill-conceived idealism as bad intent.
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Re:Chinese hacking spree hit an ‘astronomical’ number of vic... by elipsey on Sunday March 07, 2021 @02:03AM (#26373861)
This. It's a pernicious temptation to infer motive, or make hostile generalizations about groups we disagree with, but this makes it impossible to cooperate or engage in good faith debate.
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