theflyingorc posted:

You said ESPECIALLY. Let me explain how words work.

Your proposition is "it is silly to call taking advantage of greed-based stupidity unethical", then you added a rider. I discarded it to discuss your core proposition. "Especially" means that this case is MORE TRUE than your base case, but I do not need to address it to counter your base proposition.

Listen, if you want to revise your statement to "It is pretty dumb to argue that taking advantage of greed-driven stupidity is unethical when there is exactly zero information asymmetry." - that's fine, we can debate on those terms. However, I have to assume that you actually choose the words you use for a reason. I know we're just postin' on internets, so if you request benefit of the doubt, I'll give it.

Please don't criticize because I argued against the words you said, rather than the words you meant to say.