Maybe it would have been cleaner if it wasn’t about Ben, though I don’t think a hypothetical person would have made the lesson as clear, and if Ben wasn’t fair game for having written that article, I don’t know who would be.
Thanks! This line in particular changed my mind about whether it was retributive, I genuinely can’t think of anyone else it would be appropriate to do this for
The obvious thing to do is finding a friend or other ally who’s willing to consent to do this. Rather than spring it on someone else out of the blue.
Normally you could also volunteer yourself, but of course it’s not exactly viable in this case.
EDIT: I’m happy to volunteer myself for these 1-3 hypothetical experiments going forwards. But please warn me first! And I only want to run this experiment 1-3 times to start with.
Thanks! This line in particular changed my mind about whether it was retributive, I genuinely can’t think of anyone else it would be appropriate to do this for
The obvious thing to do is finding a friend or other ally who’s willing to consent to do this. Rather than spring it on someone else out of the blue.
Normally you could also volunteer yourself, but of course it’s not exactly viable in this case.
EDIT: I’m happy to volunteer myself for these 1-3 hypothetical experiments going forwards. But please warn me first! And I only want to run this experiment 1-3 times to start with.