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Not if it makes enough people uncomfortable.

by vinchuco 8y ago

dqpb 8y ago
Like minority groups having equal rights? That's been making a lot of people uncomfortable for a long time.
- dang 8y ago
  Please don't introduce generic flamebait into threads. That's in the site guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.
  - dqpb 8y ago
    I honestly don't know why my comment is downvoted and flagged. The OP comment that it's not ethical "if it makes enough people uncomfortable" is absurd. You can tell that it's absurd because defining ethics by majority rule has many obvious problems. The most obvious problem is shown when a majority declares that minorities shouldn't have equal rights. This happens all the time, and outsiders would never point and say: "well giving minorities equal rights must not be ethical because it makes so many people uncomfortable" So please, @dang, since you're in the mood to lecture me, can you explain why a short and uncomplicated counterexample to an absurd statement is flamebait? Also, your link gives a 404.
    - dang 8y ago
      It doesn't feel like you're asking a question so much as seeking an argument, but let me try to explain. It's the combination of shallowness, snark, and politics. That's a ticket to flamewar hell, and we need users not to go there if HN is to remain viable for anything other than flamewars. Sorry about the broken link. It's fixed now, so if you'd (re-)read the site guidelines and follow them when commenting here, we'd appreciate it.
  - jiminy_john 8y ago
    Hey @dang, I wanted to actually have a chance to read his comment and judge for myself if things are really as you state they are. But wouldn't you know it: it was deleted. HN mods basically are allowed to erase history and claim whatever. You know who does that? Totalitarian regimes like those in China or NKorea! @Dang, you need to at least present some credentials so you know what validates your intellectual reasoning. Until then, HN is basically a Red Hen restaurant.

Not if it makes enough people uncomfortable.

dqpb 8y ago

Like minority groups having equal rights? That's been making a lot of people uncomfortable for a long time.

dang 8y ago
Please don't introduce generic flamebait into threads. That's in the site guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.
- dqpb 8y ago
  I honestly don't know why my comment is downvoted and flagged. The OP comment that it's not ethical "if it makes enough people uncomfortable" is absurd. You can tell that it's absurd because defining ethics by majority rule has many obvious problems. The most obvious problem is shown when a majority declares that minorities shouldn't have equal rights. This happens all the time, and outsiders would never point and say: "well giving minorities equal rights must not be ethical because it makes so many people uncomfortable" So please, @dang, since you're in the mood to lecture me, can you explain why a short and uncomplicated counterexample to an absurd statement is flamebait? Also, your link gives a 404.
  - dang 8y ago
    It doesn't feel like you're asking a question so much as seeking an argument, but let me try to explain. It's the combination of shallowness, snark, and politics. That's a ticket to flamewar hell, and we need users not to go there if HN is to remain viable for anything other than flamewars. Sorry about the broken link. It's fixed now, so if you'd (re-)read the site guidelines and follow them when commenting here, we'd appreciate it.
- jiminy_john 8y ago
  Hey @dang, I wanted to actually have a chance to read his comment and judge for myself if things are really as you state they are. But wouldn't you know it: it was deleted. HN mods basically are allowed to erase history and claim whatever. You know who does that? Totalitarian regimes like those in China or NKorea! @Dang, you need to at least present some credentials so you know what validates your intellectual reasoning. Until then, HN is basically a Red Hen restaurant.