"Crocker's Rules didn't give you the right to say anything offensive, but other people could say potentially offensive things to you , and it was your responsibility not to be offended. This was surprisingly hard to explain to people; many people would read the careful explanation and hear, "Crocker's Rules mean you can say offensive things to other people."

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Source : "Radical Honesty". lesswrong.com. September 10, 2007.

Eliezer Yudkowsky

#Mean Quotes #Responsibility Quotes #People Quotes

“I'm not going to give the same energy. I am going to give more of myself. If everyone thinks like that, it's going to be something incredible.”
“The dance grew into a colorful flower bouquet which caught and contained the glow of sun-happy summer days, the secret of star-studded nights, and the wistful sweetness of overcast and rainy hours.”

Source : Mary Wigman (1966). “The language of dance”
“No facts are to me sacred; none are profane; I simply experiment, an endless seeker, with no past at my back.”
“I would wear a full-length cape if I could get away with it - I do love a good swirl in a fog.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“And should men name me dead, I beg ye, say "Nay, he but wearied here, and went away.”
“A fashion plate, a rock star in his own mind, Megamind is more showman than deadly menace.”
“And I like a good horror story as much as the next person so long as they kill off some men too and not just girls. But the voices Joan heard were real. Thereâ€™s clear and substantiated proof they were real. She won battles that would otherwise have been lost because of what those voices told her in advance of them allowing the French generals to strategize in ways completely different than they did before Joan came along. Peopleâ€™s lives were saved because of what those voices told her.”
“So many of us had hoped that the civil system might be an alternative for some women, where the burdens were a little bit less, and cases might be easier to prove.”

Source : "Naming Kobe Bryant's Accuser". "On the Record", www.foxnews.com. October 15, 2004.

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