Thinking on this further, HN could have flagged the submission, instead of being drawn into attacking it. There are so many interesting articles on the web, wh

Thinking on this further, HN could have flagged the submission, instead of being drawn into attacking it. There are so many interesting articles on the web, why give their space to an abusive one? If HN has civil standards, shouldn't we ignore articles that fall below those standards? Any argument that an article makes - even the most subversive and intrinsically inflammatory - can be articulated in a civil manner. And I think these would be extremely intellectually stimulating.