Stephanie Zvan is an ignorant bully, but she's also absolutely right that the stuff here is vile, stupid, bollox: http://bit.ly/WdVprB
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@PhilosophyExp@danielwaddell17 How long was the pause before you branded it "vile"? Should we dampen the cruel humour targeting the pope?
@skepteaser If the power differential is clearly wildly asymmetrical then the moral calculus is clearly different. Hence ridicule Pope.
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@PhilosophyExp Sounds fair. I don't attack physical appearance, but I think the amount of bullying (incl.IRL) warrants pope-level ridicule. -
@skepteaser Would you think that if you had good reason to think it was affecting the target's mental health? (Just a hypothetical.)
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@PhilosophyExp I would refrain. But if the "target" of satire were engaging in vicious campaign of bullying, I'd file it under self-defence. -
@skepteaser Fair enough. But presumably self-defence needs to be proportionate? You don't want to risk really fucking sombody up?
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@PhilosophyExp Absolutely. I'd hate to cause serious distress to anyone. But we're still talking about ridicule vs. something worse. -
@skepteaser But the worry is outcomes... Even if Mr Up Skirt Camera guy had been "guilty", I'd be opposed to the FtB stuff, because...
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