Since we are talking about me, I might comment as well. Even the smartest and best people can, from time to time, have idiotic ideas, I sure had a few in my tim

Since we are talking about me, I might comment as well. Even the smartest and best people can, from time to time, have idiotic ideas, I sure had a few in my time :) To say that someone has an idiotic idea isn't the same as to call them an idiot. The original comment was a well presented, though flawed, argument, clearly NOT a work of an idiot. Further, for me to say "I am glad you are in the minority..." simply indicates that I disagree vehemently with the position the original commenter is taking and I am very happy that his position is not very popular, as that means that maybe things in Brazil will change for the better as the result of this. I also find it ironic that in a post about censorship someone pulled out the HN censorship guidelines. I totally understand the context is completely different, but it's funny.