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Originally Posted by MK262
Judging people as individuals, based on their specific actions, seems like it would be much more helpful.
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In a world with complete and accurate information, perhaps. In one with incomplete, contradictory, and ambiguous information, the approach remains an unavailable ideal.
If I can say that 90% of a hypothetical group are a problem, then 10% are not a problem, then we are faced with the problem of how to filter out the different subgroups. As matters stand, we are unable to do this.
Keep in mind that even in a courtroom environment, some innocent people are convicted, and some guilty ones escape justice. It seems impractical to pursue even that level of accuracy.
So...MOO, YMMV...we either fight and accept that some innocents will be inconvenienced, hurt, and killed, or we embrace defeat. I suspect defeat will be remarkably uncomfortable. Therefore my conclusion is clear.