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People that break the social contract and then try to gaslight the rest of society when discovered instead of admitting their actions are some of the lowest kinds of people.

They corrode social trust.

I have no sympathy for this person, they're a snake.

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People are more complicated than that. It sounds like he was an incredibly generous and loving person, there were queues of people saying how much he had helped them.

That in no way justifies what he did, at all, but it's not the case that he was an unremitting lowlife. It's a real conundrum, that otherwise wonderful people can sometimes do terrible things.

You're right.

In related news, Jussie Smollett was sentenced to jail today for faking a race/sex orientation hate crime. (He also claimed the imaginary attackers were politically motivated.)

Many expected him to escape jail time, but he did not. The judge cited Smollett's refusal to accept responsibility (and the resulting harm to society) in making the decision to mandate jail time.

I agree with your premise, but there are so many bigger fish to fry than some rando who cheated on a marathon.

Where do you draw the line for the fish ?

Well away from games for my part atleast.

Presumably some point before harassing a man to the point where he commits suicide. I don't think anyone has ever answered "where do you draw the line?" the the satisfaction of anyone who has asked the question. It is unanswerable.

> I don't think anyone has ever answered "where do you draw the line?" the the satisfaction of anyone who has asked the question.

Absolutely. It's a lazy, disingenuous way to just try to shut down discussion.

Ah cool, so we're not drawing lines.

If you really practice this in life, you're going to be taken advantage of.

You're right, discussing it is just stupid. My mistake.

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