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Such precedents simply indicate immaturity of the developer behind it.

I hate XXX (insert any English speaking politician from Western World), yet I am speaking in English. Shock! Tools are a-political. Could you believe that?

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I'm currently studying and trying to learn the russian language and I think this argument is a bit of a straw man. I don't think people in general would suggest you're evil for learning a language. Obviously you would find such people on Twitter or Reddit but not in the real world I don't believe

just like sometimes we prefer to reason on limits rather than on concrete values, I believe some straw mans are "useful limits" to reason about some concepts

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