> What the New York Times community desk demands most of all is that some effort is made to justify your views. The desk must also be convinced that your intent

> What the New York Times community desk demands most of all is that some effort is made to justify your views. The desk must also be convinced that your intention is to inform and convince rather than to insult and enrage. So. How is this person justifying their comment? There's at least three [citation needed]s in there. And saying you'll keep it because the replies will be enlightening even though it brings no inherent value is basically admitting that you're deliberately allowing a flamewar, which seems contrary to the idea that it's not trying to enrage.