RE: A contribution to ongoing terminology work

Larry Masinter <LMM@acm.org> Sat, 03 April 2021 00:09 UTC

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One way to assess intent is correlate with the amount of effort put into
finding other, less offensive methods of making a point.

That's the main argument for why it id ok to have rules that require
assessment of author's intent.

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