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I was tempted to give one, but I don't think this is a good forum for discussing such a boring political issue. Please keep pro/anti drug legalization arguments

by hugh3 16y ago

I was tempted to give one, but I don't think this is a good forum for discussing such a boring political issue. Please keep pro/anti drug legalization arguments elsewhere.

fjabre 16y ago
Why? Flag the posting then. It's certainly relevant to the article.
blhack 16y ago
>Please keep pro/anti drug legalization arguments elsewhere. Please don't take this the wrong way, but your account is 49 days old...I'm not sure that you're at the "I get to tell people what sorts of discussions they're allowed to have" stage yet, especially not to people that have been here for almost three years.
- hugh3 16y ago
  Would it be okay if I had been around for 1021 days like this guy? http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=hugh http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=hugh
  - blhack 16y ago
    Honestly? Not really. It's an open forum, I don't think it's really ever good form to tell somebody "hey, you're not supposed to talk about that here." (unless it's spam, in which case, just downvote. Saying "don't talk about that" is off-topic and has been specifically addressed by PG in the past.) I'm sorry I didn't know that you had an alt account, it's just annoying when people start showing up and trying to dictate how things "should be" to established members of an existing community.
jokermatt999 16y ago
I'm new(ish) here, but I don't see why not. HN tends to have a much better atmosphere for serious discussion than most web forums I've seen. I'd be happy to hear both sides of this argument here, and hopefully to see more reasonable debate than what is usually presented.
- davidw 16y ago
  It has a pleasant atmosphere in part because it mostly avoids inflammatory topics like politics. I'd much rather talk startups and business, and maybe living abroad with patio11, for instance, than discuss why he's a Republican and I'm not. The former is bound to be a useful, interesting discussion; the latter most likely not. Actually, I'd be ok with the latter discussion too, but only in person, not on an internet fourm.
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by hugh3 16y ago

I was tempted to give one, but I don't think this is a good forum for discussing such a boring political issue. Please keep pro/anti drug legalization arguments elsewhere.

fjabre 16y ago

Why? Flag the posting then. It's certainly relevant to the article.

blhack 16y ago

>Please keep pro/anti drug legalization arguments elsewhere. Please don't take this the wrong way, but your account is 49 days old...I'm not sure that you're at the "I get to tell people what sorts of discussions they're allowed to have" stage yet, especially not to people that have been here for almost three years.

hugh3 16y ago
Would it be okay if I had been around for 1021 days like this guy? http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=hugh http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=hugh
- blhack 16y ago
  Honestly? Not really. It's an open forum, I don't think it's really ever good form to tell somebody "hey, you're not supposed to talk about that here." (unless it's spam, in which case, just downvote. Saying "don't talk about that" is off-topic and has been specifically addressed by PG in the past.) I'm sorry I didn't know that you had an alt account, it's just annoying when people start showing up and trying to dictate how things "should be" to established members of an existing community.

jokermatt999 16y ago

I'm new(ish) here, but I don't see why not. HN tends to have a much better atmosphere for serious discussion than most web forums I've seen. I'd be happy to hear both sides of this argument here, and hopefully to see more reasonable debate than what is usually presented.

davidw 16y ago
It has a pleasant atmosphere in part because it mostly avoids inflammatory topics like politics. I'd much rather talk startups and business, and maybe living abroad with patio11, for instance, than discuss why he's a Republican and I'm not. The former is bound to be a useful, interesting discussion; the latter most likely not. Actually, I'd be ok with the latter discussion too, but only in person, not on an internet fourm.

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