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While this is tragic news, this really doesn't feel at all correlated to HackerNews.

• brudgers 11y ago
  If people find the submission intellectually gratifying then it conforms to the spirit of Hacker News submission guidelines. Given the impact of Harper Lee's writing on US culture, it is not surprising if many people do.
  • huntleydavis 11y ago
    I suppose the free form nature of HackerNews and the wide sprawling community make a lot of topics fair game. I recant my sentiment.
    • nicky0 11y ago
      Hacker News. Not HackerNews.
    • brudgers 11y ago
      I've come to think that the breadth of HackerNews is what makes HN "The HN for X" for most all X's.
• preordained 11y ago
  I hear that sentiment a lot. Personally I'm glad that we bring important cultural happenings and such in as topics of discussion. What is society if not the most complex project that we've ever feigned to attempt to grok on hacker news. These are the global variables that affect everything.