It's engineered that way. [LWN.net]

It's engineered that way.

Posted Sep 28, 2018 9:13 UTC (Fri) by mjg59 (subscriber, #23239)
In reply to: It's engineered that way. by paxillus
Parent article: Code, conflict, and conduct

I'm free to judge rapists in any way I want regardless of whether a court has found them guilty, just as you're free to judge me for doing so. As the OJ Simpson trial showed us, courts will (justifiably) refuse to use the power of the state against an individual if the state fails to prove its case in a reasonable way - but that doesn't demonstrate that he didn't murder his wife, and it's reasonable for individuals to treat him as if he did. Jake raped multiple people, and the absence of a legal ruling doesn't change that. If you think less of me for asserting that, well, feel free.

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It's engineered that way.

Posted Sep 28, 2018 10:16 UTC (Fri) by paxillus (guest, #79451) [Link] (1 responses)

It's not when people judge other people any way they want, it's when they grant themselves the right to 'in any way destroy' another.

It's engineered that way.

Posted Sep 28, 2018 16:33 UTC (Fri) by raven667 (subscriber, #5198) [Link]

No one here has the power of the state to "destroy" anyone, unless you are redefining "destroy" to mean "have an adverse opinion about someone", in which case your statement is self-contradictory.