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by jenscow 2951 days ago
Two wrongs don't make a right.

You really don't want to be sending offensive material out to people. you don't know who the recipient could be. The chances are it's just their job, and the decision to track you wasn't theirs.

2 comments

Remember how we, as a society, pretty much unanimously decided "it's just their job" wasn't a valid excuse...about half a century ago ?
There's a fairly big difference in severity between web tracking and the Holocaust.
Obviously, but that doesn't change the validity of the argument
The point is that "just doing your job" when your job is web advertising does not warrant a (psychologically) violent response while "just doing your job' when your job is the Holocaust does warrant a violent response.
Why is that our problem?