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>but let's not turn them into more than what they are Speak for yourself. I happen to agree with Cory and am sure I am not alone.

by gsk 17y ago

pyre 17y ago
To those that down-voted: The parent poster goes on for length operating under the assumption that no one on HN that is participating in this discussion or up-voted the news item shares the same views that Doctorow does. How one can draw that assumption escapes me, because it would stand to reason that a number of people (most?) would up-vote the blog post because they either: 1) share Doctorow's opinion or 2) want to participate in a discussion of Doctorow's views. The parent poster acts as if HN readers/participants are just like rats dancing to the Pied Piper's tune, that need to be woken up.
- GHFigs 17y ago
  The parent poster goes on for length operating under the assumption that no one on HN that is participating in this discussion or up-voted the news item shares the same views that Doctorow does. I believe you have misinterpreted. The parent post does not refer to HN readers, but to the obviously ambiguous "most people". The post it was in reply to distinguishes between "Most of the world" and "we" (meaning HN readers), and I propose to you that it is the former group that was meant. The parent poster acts as if HN readers/participants are just like rats dancing to the Pied Piper's tune, that need to be woken up. That appears to be precisely the attitude it is rejecting, in reference to Cory's desire (as described by the parent to that post) to protest loudly something that it is said few who don't already know actually care about. I would also point out that you yourself drew parallels to the specter of Nazism (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1237826 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1237826) and of unheeded warnings. Are you yourself not acting as though others need to be woken up?

>but let's not turn them into more than what they are Speak for yourself. I happen to agree with Cory and am sure I am not alone.

by gsk 17y ago

>but let's not turn them into more than what they are Speak for yourself. I happen to agree with Cory and am sure I am not alone.

pyre 17y ago

To those that down-voted: The parent poster goes on for length operating under the assumption that no one on HN that is participating in this discussion or up-voted the news item shares the same views that Doctorow does. How one can draw that assumption escapes me, because it would stand to reason that a number of people (most?) would up-vote the blog post because they either: 1) share Doctorow's opinion or 2) want to participate in a discussion of Doctorow's views. The parent poster acts as if HN readers/participants are just like rats dancing to the Pied Piper's tune, that need to be woken up.

GHFigs 17y ago
The parent poster goes on for length operating under the assumption that no one on HN that is participating in this discussion or up-voted the news item shares the same views that Doctorow does. I believe you have misinterpreted. The parent post does not refer to HN readers, but to the obviously ambiguous "most people". The post it was in reply to distinguishes between "Most of the world" and "we" (meaning HN readers), and I propose to you that it is the former group that was meant. The parent poster acts as if HN readers/participants are just like rats dancing to the Pied Piper's tune, that need to be woken up. That appears to be precisely the attitude it is rejecting, in reference to Cory's desire (as described by the parent to that post) to protest loudly something that it is said few who don't already know actually care about. I would also point out that you yourself drew parallels to the specter of Nazism (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1237826 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1237826) and of unheeded warnings. Are you yourself not acting as though others need to be woken up?