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You're awfully close to a No true Scotsman argument, there. However, if you're interested in damaging photos that aren't secret, you need but take a look at the history of social news. There have been a number of high-profile false allegations with associated vigilantism.


>You're awfully close to a No true Scotsman argument, there.

Not really. More an argument that all Scotsmen are men.


I'm nowhere near that fallacy. I am specifically looking for examples to the claim that I questioned (the single example provided to me thus far actually supports exactly what I said).

That the crowd can be stupid (as in the recent Reddit Boston bombing nonsense) has absolutely no relevance to this.


So what you're looking for is 1) a photo 2) not depicting a secret 3) publicized unintentionally 4) that ruined a life or relationship 5) without involving mass misunderstanding

Sorry, I can't provide one for you. The documentation on such events is typically kept to a small circulation.




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