[tor-talk] Blocking Baseless Speculation

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Schizophrenia.  Really?  Wow.  That does make more sense.  I'm sorry.   
Damn.  I'm really sorry.

gz

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/schizophrenia/index.shtml
http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/schizophrenia/basics/definition/con-20021077

Quoting Libertas <libertas at mykolab.com>:

> On Sat, Mar 07, 2015 at 01:10:32PM -0700, Mirimir wrote:
>> On 03/07/2015 11:28 AM, Libertas wrote:
>> > On Sat, Mar 07, 2015 at 09:40:59PM +0800, Virgil Griffith wrote:
>> >>> If a list stops fulfilling these criteria, people like us unsubscribe,
>> >>> leaving the list to its inevitable decline,
>> >>> destined to join the ever-lengthening roll of moribund, flame-filled
>> >>> lists that no longer exist or have ceased > to serve any useful  
>> function on
>> >>> the net.
>> >>
>> >> I personally support more aggressive blocking of mad tinhatters.
>> >>
>> >> -V
>> >
>> > Seconded. Allowing people to question the project is important, but the
>> > loonyism that we've had recently distracts people and drowns out
>> > legitimate discussion.
>>
>> OK, but who defines "legitimate"? A decade ago, much of what Snowden has
>> revealed was only brought up by "mad tinhatters".
>>
>> It's fine to block doxxers, spammers, and so on.
>
> Yeah, I was struggling with that too. At the risk of being
> disrespectful, I think that "legitimate" can probably be defined as
> "containing some technical understanding and rigor, and not apparently a
> product of paranoid schizophrenia or a related disorder". I'm not sure
> that we should block anything, but this dilemma is worth discussing
> because it's a chronic problem on most popular security-related mailing
> lists.
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