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		coldcode on July 24, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How a VC-funded company is undermining the open-so... Lawyers do dodgy and unethical things as well, I wouldn't use them as a paragon of ethics.

JdeBP on July 24, 2017 [–]

An argument that explicitly talks about the consequences of unethical behaviour when it happens is not painting anyone as ethical paragons. You are missing the point, I think.

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