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bena on March 1, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: 70% of the Public Finds Piracy Socially Acceptable

I hope this highlights the fallacy of using consensus to determine what is ethical:

"70% of the public finds rape socially acceptable"

Would we be having the same conversation?

wnoise on March 1, 2011 [–]

That would be a reasonable counterpoint if 70% of the public did find rape socially acceptable.

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