Don't do it because it's harmful vs. if you don't do it, it's harmful.

from Diary 2022-08-13 Don't do it because it's harmful vs. if you don't do it, it's harmful. There are two opinions about doing X, positive and negative.

• The school of thought that X is harmful and should not be done.
• The school of thought that if you don't do X, you do harm, so you should do it.

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