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Originally Posted by HarryT
I honestly don't see it as a problem. Anyone is free to completely ignore their recommendations. It's a free vote: if someone wants to vote for a "slate" they are perfectly entitled to do so, just as you or anyone else are entitled to suggest one.
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Originally Posted by HarryT
There's nothing "immoral" about recommending a book (or a slate of books) to someone. You don't have to agree with the selection. Nobody has to agree with it. It's simply a recommendation. You have a very strange idea of morals if you consider that to be immoral!
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You have made your opinions clear many times -- you appear as a general rule of thumb (correct me if I am wrong) to value the legality of something far more than the morality. It is a very bureaucratically-minded view of the world.
In the case of the Hugos, legality equates to falling within the stated rules of the award.
Morality equates to doing the right/polite/socially friendly/community-minded thing.
No one other than you is suggesting that @tompe meant "morality" in the sense of "overarching concept of the fundamental forces of good and evil as understood by the human race".
IIRC, you have cheerfully pointed out to people on several occasions that you have no sense of humor? This seems to be more of the same -- a fundamental lack of appreciation for the specific values that other people want out the Hugos.