Re:Linus on "acting professionally"
by mpyne on Tuesday July 16, 2013 @05:00PM
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Certainly it's easier to toughen up by rising above being slapped in the face than to deal with years of psychological abuse.
Would you say that it's wrong to slap people on the face then, or that the person being slapped should treat it as a lesson in learning their own strength and capabilities.
> I'm saying he can rise above it though. You're saying he can't.
He didn't say the kid can't rise above it. You assumed that.
I would say that the kid is not necessarily able to rise above it. But I would go further to say that it's not the kid's responsibility to have to rise above that at all, which I think is the point that's being missed here.
Just because your victim might be able to withstand your attack does not make you any less culpable for having engaged in it.
Would you say that it's wrong to slap people on the face then, or that the person being slapped should treat it as a lesson in learning their own strength and capabilities.
> I'm saying he can rise above it though. You're saying he can't.
He didn't say the kid can't rise above it. You assumed that.
I would say that the kid is not necessarily able to rise above it. But I would go further to say that it's not the kid's responsibility to have to rise above that at all, which I think is the point that's being missed here.
Just because your victim might be able to withstand your attack does not make you any less culpable for having engaged in it.