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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 c

by 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.