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Re:Drop Dropbox by Touche on Thursday April 10, 2014 @10:47AM (#7566544)
The problem we have with our society today is that we gravitate towards absolute positions on every contentious issue. When you are absolutely certain about something it is a small leap to then believe that those who disagree are doing so maliciously.

To fix this we have to find a way to reward tempered opinions. The absolutism in our society is becoming stronger over time and it's further dividing us.

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Re:Drop Dropbox by icebraining on Thursday April 10, 2014 @11:11AM (#7566821)
If the action is destructive, and the person hasn't regretted it, does it become acceptable just because s/he has done it with the best of intentions?

On the contrary: "those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience". If anything, it's even more dangerous to trust in someone who believed and continues to believe in what they were doing, than in someone who did it maliciously but has since truly regretted it.

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Re:Drop Dropbox by Touche on Thursday April 10, 2014 @11:33AM (#7567037)
But regret is incompatible with our society's love affair with absolute certainty. One cannot simply admit that they were wrong (even to themselves) because we so value perfect intuition.
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