And as per usual, downvoter/s (assuming they are genuine downvotes) are totally incapable of addressing any of the points made. Just more mindless dislikes.
> Isn't it curious that folks like kim dotcom who do not hold hospitals or anyone to ransom earn global notoriety, are raided by swat teams and face the full face of the law while those that hold hospitals to ransom can…
> Comments on HN do nothing for the victim What was the point of the original comment then, in your opinion? Just to upset people here? > and it's self-righteous posturing to pretend they do. This is nothing more than…
You may be downvoted to oblivion for asking how it gets on the front page (some people think it is of interest is the usual answer, IIRC), but honestly, however this ended up here, I am struggling to work out the point…
Indeed. Rather than worrying about hurting the feelings of someone sharing a "difficult situation" (the horrible exploitation and abuse of someone else, that they admit themselves they "feel complicit" in), perhaps some…
This is bizarre. Informative, factual posts that are not rude or insulting are "off topic" now? It wasn't a grammar Nazi post or about a typo, advice/advise is a common and easily corrected error that should be…
I'm not sure what point you're trying to make here. He wasn't calling the OP a sinner, or even questioning his posting on HN, he was telling him to do something to stop the abuse of his sister.
(Hate doing this, but as it's not a typo but a common mistake that may spread) The noun is advice. Advise is a verb. (AFAIK this isn't a British/American difference.)
> Just for the record: you're defending an imperial colony in the 21st century It's almost as if you didn't post this (in the 21st century) as an argument for an Argentine take over of the Falklands: "Again: Spain…
This is going to go absolutely nowhere other than me repeating the same hard facts and you refusing to hear and accept them, but I'll just address this: > The "line drawn by Argentina" is the territory accepted by the…
"Evidence" of what? A line drawn by Argentina around territory they want to take over? I'm going to assume you're kidding. a) anyone can claim any territory they like; that doesn't automatically make the claim…
> 1825, Great Britain admitted Argentina's independence from Spain, but didn't claim the islands. They claimed the Falkland Islands before Argentina even existed as an independent country, as I said in my post. They…
I think I've whined about downvotes (specific ones and in general terms) in the distant past (it gets you nowhere, and is boring) and I think they often cause the kind of negativity this site otherwise attempts to…
I don't believe the other poster was decent or civil in the way he posted, but purely with regard to what I wrote, I agree, I made mistakes in the way I replied and apologize.
> since they believe that this has huge ramifications for their child's life as a Jew, and if you read the Bible you can definitely see why Is the argument here that if someone happens to believe in a particular…
> How about returning the islands they stole, instead? Obvious troll is obvious but for the sake of facts: a) The Islands were uninhabited when the British settled there. b) Argentina didn't even exist as an independent…
> Have the British experienced the horrors of communism, which was brought to us directly by WW2? No, they have not. Have you? Other than having to be wrapped up well during winter as a three year old baby, please list…
Yeah, I'm sure even your weather is worse than anything ever encountered anywhere else. Cry me a river. None of this even has anything to do with you. Communist rule disappeared more than a quarter of a century ago, and…
He didn't say that what happened to other people and not him long before he was even born was worse than what happened during the Blitz, he said British people "never really got to experience the horrors" of WWII, which…
> Yeah, we overhere on the Continent (especially here in the East) got it a lot worst than the British. Yeah, after all your parents had to endure the horror of no central heating occasionally, an unimaginable atrocity…
Doesn't sound like he has any idea what the Blitz was. During the cold war (and in Hollywood) the propaganda seemed more about the US defeating the Nazis single handed, while the Soviet and other effort was relatively…
It's easy to imagine how "Jews run Hollywood" is used (well we don't have to imagine; we know, and examples are probably not hard to find). OTOH, unless we're saying Jews in Hollywood, or George Soros, get a free pass…
The life changing 1970s referendum to remain didn't require more than 50%+1 so I don't see how it's right that Brexiting should have. Edit to clarify this is about the first referendum to remain, not join in the first…
> If you actually _read_ the article instead of looking for buzzwords and rushing to post a comment (first!), I didn't see his now edited comments so can't comment on what he wrote, but since I did see your posts, why…
Thanks for the reply, the examples (I was only considering more general/mainstream porn) and the apt use of a throwaway for a post like that in a thread on online privacy. :)
And as per usual, downvoter/s (assuming they are genuine downvotes) are totally incapable of addressing any of the points made. Just more mindless dislikes.
> Isn't it curious that folks like kim dotcom who do not hold hospitals or anyone to ransom earn global notoriety, are raided by swat teams and face the full face of the law while those that hold hospitals to ransom can…
> Comments on HN do nothing for the victim What was the point of the original comment then, in your opinion? Just to upset people here? > and it's self-righteous posturing to pretend they do. This is nothing more than…
You may be downvoted to oblivion for asking how it gets on the front page (some people think it is of interest is the usual answer, IIRC), but honestly, however this ended up here, I am struggling to work out the point…
Indeed. Rather than worrying about hurting the feelings of someone sharing a "difficult situation" (the horrible exploitation and abuse of someone else, that they admit themselves they "feel complicit" in), perhaps some…
This is bizarre. Informative, factual posts that are not rude or insulting are "off topic" now? It wasn't a grammar Nazi post or about a typo, advice/advise is a common and easily corrected error that should be…
I'm not sure what point you're trying to make here. He wasn't calling the OP a sinner, or even questioning his posting on HN, he was telling him to do something to stop the abuse of his sister.
(Hate doing this, but as it's not a typo but a common mistake that may spread) The noun is advice. Advise is a verb. (AFAIK this isn't a British/American difference.)
> Just for the record: you're defending an imperial colony in the 21st century It's almost as if you didn't post this (in the 21st century) as an argument for an Argentine take over of the Falklands: "Again: Spain…
This is going to go absolutely nowhere other than me repeating the same hard facts and you refusing to hear and accept them, but I'll just address this: > The "line drawn by Argentina" is the territory accepted by the…
"Evidence" of what? A line drawn by Argentina around territory they want to take over? I'm going to assume you're kidding. a) anyone can claim any territory they like; that doesn't automatically make the claim…
> 1825, Great Britain admitted Argentina's independence from Spain, but didn't claim the islands. They claimed the Falkland Islands before Argentina even existed as an independent country, as I said in my post. They…
I think I've whined about downvotes (specific ones and in general terms) in the distant past (it gets you nowhere, and is boring) and I think they often cause the kind of negativity this site otherwise attempts to…
I don't believe the other poster was decent or civil in the way he posted, but purely with regard to what I wrote, I agree, I made mistakes in the way I replied and apologize.
> since they believe that this has huge ramifications for their child's life as a Jew, and if you read the Bible you can definitely see why Is the argument here that if someone happens to believe in a particular…
> How about returning the islands they stole, instead? Obvious troll is obvious but for the sake of facts: a) The Islands were uninhabited when the British settled there. b) Argentina didn't even exist as an independent…
> Have the British experienced the horrors of communism, which was brought to us directly by WW2? No, they have not. Have you? Other than having to be wrapped up well during winter as a three year old baby, please list…
Yeah, I'm sure even your weather is worse than anything ever encountered anywhere else. Cry me a river. None of this even has anything to do with you. Communist rule disappeared more than a quarter of a century ago, and…
He didn't say that what happened to other people and not him long before he was even born was worse than what happened during the Blitz, he said British people "never really got to experience the horrors" of WWII, which…
> Yeah, we overhere on the Continent (especially here in the East) got it a lot worst than the British. Yeah, after all your parents had to endure the horror of no central heating occasionally, an unimaginable atrocity…
Doesn't sound like he has any idea what the Blitz was. During the cold war (and in Hollywood) the propaganda seemed more about the US defeating the Nazis single handed, while the Soviet and other effort was relatively…
It's easy to imagine how "Jews run Hollywood" is used (well we don't have to imagine; we know, and examples are probably not hard to find). OTOH, unless we're saying Jews in Hollywood, or George Soros, get a free pass…
The life changing 1970s referendum to remain didn't require more than 50%+1 so I don't see how it's right that Brexiting should have. Edit to clarify this is about the first referendum to remain, not join in the first…
> If you actually _read_ the article instead of looking for buzzwords and rushing to post a comment (first!), I didn't see his now edited comments so can't comment on what he wrote, but since I did see your posts, why…
Thanks for the reply, the examples (I was only considering more general/mainstream porn) and the apt use of a throwaway for a post like that in a thread on online privacy. :)