> Note that Alan Turing was persecuted for what he was, not for what he did.
No, he was prosecuted for having sex with other men. That is something he did. Being homosexual was never illegal.
No, he was prosecuted for having sex with other men. That is something he did. Being homosexual was never illegal.
Now what Ross Ulbricht did is amoral today - but are you so sure we will not change our opinion about this act in a few decades?
If people didn’t continue with their “amoral homosexuality” we could have never accepted it to be he norm. They are the heroes of their times.
In many ways, what Ulbricht had done may become a viable method of policing organisations that are “too big to be policed”.
https://www.wired.com/2015/02/read-transcript-silk-roads-bos...
People who so badly want to strike a win for their values over human empathy, equality, and compassion have to steer common sense arguments into the arena of pedantic details. They have so routinely gotten their butt kicked in the arenas of empathy, equality, and compassion so often they’re ashamed to say what they feel out loud, even with a made up internet handle.
They should embrace the shame, it might be the only thing left that tethers them to humanity.
Ah, gloating about "kicking butt", truly the pinnacle of empathy and compassion.
Look, I agree with you, but there's no reason to descend to this guy's level. As old Fred once put it:
> He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.
Sometimes you don’t feed the trolls. Sometimes I read a thing on the internet that is so absurdly hateful and spiteful that nobody responds to and I worry “who out there is reading this, and might be on the fence about some human values. If they don’t see anybody responding to it at all, will they think it’s an acceptable view point?”
I’m not gonna save the world, but occasionally I can offer rebuttal to cultural biases.
It ain’t much, but it’s something however small.