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#12Earlier quoted context omitted.
You are not neutral in this case. You chose a diner. To the mouse analogy, which is an interesting way of putting it. I would say the elephant should lift his leg. It will not harm anyone, but I would also say the mouse isn’t owed recompense. Both of them should watch where they are going. To be neutral and do nothing, is indeed siding with the oppressor.
I am neutral in my choice of homelessness. I am choosing based on my cravings independent of the other effects. If the ownership situation was replaced, I would not change my choice. My decision-making is neutral on who is effected. When compartmentalizing to the criterion of selection, I am neutral.
That isn't how it works. Just because you are ignorant of the consequences of your choices doesn't excuse you from the consequences. Otherwise it would be a perfect legal defense.
Re: Remove some entries due to various compliance requirements
#13I think software should be neutral, otherwise why not implant an NSA backdoor in the Linux kernel to fight the Russian invasion?
Software can't be neutral or non-neutral, it doesn't have its own will or agency (yet). Software is written by people , however, who have no such obligation. As Desmond Tutu said, "If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality"
I understand that, so why not put in a NSA backdoor so that we can effectively defend against the oppressor?