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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To everyone saying "they meant it kindly" or "they were only trying to help", stop.

[b]Impact matters more than intent.[/b]

Unsolicited advice is criticism.[/quote]

I'm actually on board with much of this thread.

But I think the bolded is a really sad state of mind.  [/quote]

What??  If I break your foot, what matters [b][i]more[/i][/b] - that your foot is broken, or that I didn't do it on purpose/I was "only trying to help"?[/quote]

"Impact matters more than intent" is the kind of reasoning a person uses to justify shooting a black kid who came to the wrong house to pick up his sibling. He didn't intend to come to the wrong house, but the impact was that the homeowner felt threatened, so he could shoot the kid.[/quote]

Sorry but I've always heard it used in the exact opposite manner.  The *impact* was that the homeowner killed somebody; that's more important than the fact that he didn't have malicious intent.[/quote]

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