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Re:French homeland intelligence threatens a sysop into delet... by fnordfnordfnord on Saturday April 06, 2013 @06:43PM (#5505338)
No, we don't say that drunks are evil when they get drunk and then drive their car over someone. We do still throw them in prison though.
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Re:French homeland intelligence threatens a sysop into delet... by duncan_bayne on Sunday April 07, 2013 @02:00AM (#5506250)
We? You might not, but I certainly do.
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Re:French homeland intelligence threatens a sysop into delet... by omonra on Sunday April 07, 2013 @04:09AM (#5506487)
Let me explain the problem here.

What you are doing is diluting the 'evil brand'. If you call a drunk driver evil, you have nothing left for the likes of Hitler and Pol Pot. What are they then - double evil?

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Re:French homeland intelligence threatens a sysop into delet... by duncan_bayne on Monday April 08, 2013 @09:48PM (#5515996)
It's a spectrum. It's possible to be 'slightly evil' or 'very evil', or - in the case of Hitler or Pol Pot - 'one of the most evil humans who ever lived'.
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