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Old 01-16-2019, 12:57 PM   #128
Honolulu_Blue
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Originally Posted by Edward64 View Post
We'll agree to disagree.

IMO there are differing levels, mitigating factors, accomplishments, patterns, what they have experienced etc. when judging someone and severity of their "crimes" ... and compare with others to get a sense of scale/degree of their "crime".

I find this take pretty weird and quite dangerous.

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Originally Posted by JPhillips View Post
I think a person's negatives don't cancel their achievements, but their achievements don't lessen or negate their negatives. A person can be a great scientist and a racist at the same time.

Agreed.
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