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Yeah, if hackers are known for anything, it's being big fans of statesmen, especially ones that approved the PATRIOT Act (twice), extending its wiretapping prov
by ruskerdax 8y ago
Yeah, if hackers are known for anything, it's being big fans of statesmen, especially ones that approved the PATRIOT Act (twice), extending its wiretapping provisions, and sponsoring a bill that would let the US government detain anyone in the world indefinitely without trial.
Truly a sad day.
- davrosthedalek 8y agoSo you are saying it's a happy day?
- oh_sigh 8y agoOP isn't a true hacker unless he dances on McCain's grave
- rpiguy 8y agoAgree Hacker News really isn’t an appropriate name for this forum anymore, but that is a topic that deserves its own thread. On topic, loss is sad when anyone dies, even if they hold views you find abhorent. They leave behind friends and family and remind us of our own mortality and the one thing we all have in common (finite existence).
- ruskerdax 8y agoAscribe whatever personal significance to the death of a famous person you wish. McCain's "views" and career as a statesman have little relevance to hackers and hacking except where he personally acted in ways which affect hackers and technology they use. This is the basis on which I commented.
- hluska 8y agoThis is a very weak, thoroughly tasteless comment.