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 I would refrain. But if the "target" of satire were engaging in vicious campaign of bullying, I'd file it under self-defence.
@skepteaser Or at least, I'd argue that there is certainly a moral calculus to be done in this respect. I'd say there was a duty of care...
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@PhilosophyExp I fully agree. -
@skepteaser there are no checks and balances in place. They could have no proper idea how their response was likely to impact.
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@PhilosophyExp But what they did to Monopod man isn't comparable to satire, IMO. I must come clean, though. Moral philosophy is not my forte -
@skepteaser Right, it was worse. But the point is that even if he had been guilty, and even if in one sense he had "deserved"...
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