>> "But censoring out important news is a huge problem." People aren't coming to HN for actual news stories. It's not like they won't see this story somewhere

>> "But censoring out important news is a huge problem." People aren't coming to HN for actual news stories. It's not like they won't see this story somewhere else within minutes. Considering who quickly comments here descend into madness on any story involving terrorism or guns it's for the best it was flagged. And locking the comments on HN seems pointless as they're the main reason people are here.