[mikeash]

If you weren't talking about it being dangerous than who cares? That is literally the only thing that is being discussed.

[talmand]

Just because this particular item isn't necessarily dangerous doesn't mean that it cannot potentially lead to a dangerous way of thinking.

[mikeash]

Does the same apply to Card's craziness, or is it just mine?

[talmand]

Ah, so you are being obtuse.

But to answer your question, if he is attempting to prevent you from speaking out then, yes, it applies.

You seem lost, I'm not speaking of preventing you from stating your opinion. I'm speaking about your desire to prevent him from stating his.

[mikeash]

Nowhere do I express a desire to prevent Card from speaking. I merely don't want to help him do so.

[talmand]

If that was not your intention then, upon re-reading the thread, it seems you had no point in responding to any of my posts in the first place. I originally spoke that it could lead to an undesirable situation if one is given the power to shut down an opposing viewpoint. If you had nothing to say about that particular concern then I'm confused as to what your issue with my statement is, it would seem that you agree with what I have been saying all along.

Please explain to me how I said anything that disagrees with your last statement.

[mikeash]

I made the perhaps incorrect assumption that your original reply to me way up there was somehow intended to actually reply to me, and therefore that your nonsense rhetoric about "shut down an opposing viewpoint" was something you thought actually applied to me.

If it didn't, then why did you reply to my comment in the first place?