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My sincere apology for all the downvotes you have received on this comment. I have close Iranian friends who exactly share your point of view, as opposed to oth
by toni 11y ago
My sincere apology for all the downvotes you have received on this comment. I have close Iranian friends who exactly share your point of view, as opposed to other overly optimistic and simplistic comments you see in this thread which applaud lifting the sanctions.
I hope these downvotes don't make you disappointed about bringing out your message. Take care and stay safe wherever you are.
- kobayashi 11y agoThanks very much. It seems that the downvotes have now been outnumbered, and I'm sure that's in part thanks to your comment. In all honesty, when I was last online and saw the downvotes, I was a little disappointed, as it felt that perhaps the reasonable, thoughtful comments threads that I've grown to love on HN were perhaps being lost to reddit-style political populism. While one batch of downvotes or upvotes will not sway me to or away from HN, I'm happy to see HN users live up to my expectations of them. I hope this doesn't sound pompous. Likewise, I hope you also take care and stay safe, wherever you are, toni.