# James Otto Asshole

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [March 26, 2013, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-asshole/654024 "2013-03-26T17:41:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-asshole/654024/17 "2013-03-26T18:22:05Z")

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> [@James Otto Sweet Heart and Damning Suicides to Hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-otto-sweet-heart-and-damning-suicides-to-hell/650764/1870):
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> To jump on me for sharing my belief **online** is pretty childish anyways when people have rights to share their beliefs online. Where would you rather a person share them? At the funeral of a person who took their life or a public message forum? Which do you think is the lesser of the two?

To answer your question with a question… why are you trying to choose the lesser of two evils? Why can’t you decide not to do evil at all? It’s not as if you were given a commandment from on high to share hurtful things. It’s not necessary to choose the lesser of two evils. You have a third choice. Don’t hurt people. Why is that beyond your grasp? Don’t say it at a funeral, don’t say it online, don’t say it on a train, don’t say it on a sign. \*Just because you have a right doesn’t mean you have to exercise it.  
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