> If speeches don't matter as you say, why did the HN member bother to post this? You'll have to ask the poster. > And why is it the top voted comment in the

> If speeches don't matter as you say, why did the HN member bother to post this? You'll have to ask the poster. > And why is it the top voted comment in the thread? Wowsers, now that's an argument.... As someone said in ancient times, "this is usenet, not something important". On second thought, I'll venture a guess as to why it was posted - it sounded nice and the poster agreed with it. As to its impact on the real world....