[jrflowers]

What is the point of asking that question if you strictly intended no comparison between the subject of the post you’re replying to and the people you mentioned?

It is like posting “You have interesting thoughts about Kim Dotcom. What is better, paragliding or parasailing?”

[singlow]

He was contrasting them. He was pointing out that the logic of the previous post falls apart when applying it to more noble subjects.

[jrflowers]

That is a comparison.

[stouset]

You can believe that the two should be held to different account while still critiquing a specific attempt at doing so.

[beepbooptheory]

The comparison is between the proposed heuristic of "stopping at some point", not between the people.

[rowanG077]

It's not. They were attacking an argument made in the original comment. That argument had no reason to only apply to Kim dotcom. It applies to everyone. The poster attacked the logic behind that argument using a few different people as examples.