Talk:Willful ignorance

Latest comment: 4 months ago by NmWTfs85lXusaybq in topic Requested move 4 December 2023

Globalize edit

Pacerier (talk) 18:19, 3 March 2016 (UTC): ❝Reply

Re:

Such defenses have not succeeded […]

Need a worldwide view on this statement.
Besides, even if we are talking about U.S. alone, it's not hard to imagine that such defenses are valid in certain situations, but not valid in others. The statement needs to be qualified with more context.

Requested move 4 December 2023 edit

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The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) NmWTfs85lXusaybq (talk) 15:10, 11 December 2023 (UTC)Reply


Willful blindnessWillful ignorance – For improved recognizability. The target already redirects here and has for 16 years, and the body of the article already uses the suggested title in four places, including a quote in a citation of a scholarly book on the subject that uses the suggested word in its title. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 19:04, 4 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

  • Support per nom. More recognizable, and definitely a common term for the concept, and significantly clearer (i.e. it's not about being actually blind), etc. Paintspot Infez (talk) 02:07, 5 December 2023 (UTC)Reply
@BarrelProof Support per nom. Blindness is not ignorance and conflating the two is unnecessary, besides being potentially confusing and a less recognizable term. RookWeaver (talk) 05:15, 5 December 2023 (UTC)Reply


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Alleged synonym edit

The article says that "ignorance of law" is a synonym. Is that true? To me, that sounds more like ignorance of the law, which is a different topic. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 19:07, 4 December 2023 (UTC)Reply