blegh I shouldn't even be thinking about this but it bums me out how the Thing is playing out and maybe there's something to be gained from working through it probably going to be a thread, maybe interrupted by landing / loss of wifi
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i feel weirdly capable of putting myself in both kavansdfskfghs position and also in whatsername's position except that i honestly will never seek any kind of public role because I can imagine this playing out in exactly the same way it did for him, I have thought about this
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and, switching positions, if I were ever asked to testify to the character of this one particular person were they up for office or w/e, I wouldn't, I just wouldn't i havent seen any kind of justice or retribution and i don't care to there's nothing to be gained for me
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my hunch is that this is in a class of crimes that are just very challenging to deal with effectively, and often the best solution is for participants to remove each other from one another's (but I need to think about this too) but its just really difficult! and . . .
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there's an important role for criminal courts here, and it roughly (if hardly costlessly) worked as intended in my case in criminal courts, there's at least a _chance_ for evidence to be presented systematically, and a high threshold for punishment but this role is *limited*
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so---- thinking about this mechanistically, what is the aim of a public congressional hearing? what do we hope to accomplish? no matter how I turn this, I cant see these proceedings as being a good mechanism for either (i) revealing truth, or (ii) resolving conflict
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Maybe a separate investigation reveals some novel information (kind of doubt it but) But not a public hearing with huge stakes on the outcome. Just perfectly structured to incentive everyone to obfuscate and distort. And as a means of resolving conflict--it draws in Everyone!
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Replying to @eigenrobot
did you have to fight a false charge at some point?
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you need to drive them out before you and hear the lamentations of their women etc etc
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Replying to @nmgrm
Heh the Conan response curiously never occurred to me More like "how can I never ever interact with this person again and as soon as possible" I'm okay, old news you know? And no lasting damage
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