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> If some incident was going to result in a few more people getting struck and killed by lightning, that might well get a similar reaction. I disagree. How man
by hackuser 10y ago
> If some incident was going to result in a few more people getting struck and killed by lightning, that might well get a similar reaction.
I disagree. How many things cause people to die in higher numbers? We wouldn't have time to read about all of them.
If you are suggesting that stereotype and demonization of Muslims isn't involved in the response, I have a very hard time believing it. Just look at those things here on HN (where apparently it's ok to say those things about Muslims; the TOS apply only to other groups).
- mikeash 10y agoHN tends to follow stories about tech, science, and other hacker-y things. The fact that this story may involve death is interesting, but it's not why it's getting attention here. But since it gets attention due to its tech content, and since it seems quite possible some death may result, I don't see why that should be ignored just because the numbers are small. I don't see this as stereotyping or demonization. If people were saying that all of these people were going to die, then I could see it. But merely stating it as a possibility is just being realistic. You'd see the same sort of reaction if gaydar.net's user database leaked, just with "Christian" and "driven to suicide" in place of "Muslim" and "honor killing."
- hackuser 10y agoIt's interesting to me that people seek to deny the obvious, the prejudice against Muslims. You can find many such statements on this page.
- mikeash 10y agoIt's not obvious to me. Maybe you could point to some examples? Acknowledging that the group contains some crazy people is not prejudice, it's just fact, unless one also chooses to ignore similar situations in other groups. I don't see that here.