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So we're advocating for the death penalty for fake comments? Doesn't that sound a little excessive for fake comments on the internets?

imgabe 8y ago
It's not merely fake comments. It's fake comments used by a small group of people to enrich themselves at the expense of everyone else. I'm sure the reference to the death penalty is being hyperbolic, but this is a little different from some kid pretending to be a Navy Seal to sound like a tough guy.
craftinator 8y ago
I'm advocating for execution. He took on a position of power and responsibility. He abused that power to line his pockets while disregarding the responsibility to the American people. Maybe we should set up a comment system to decide his fate! And we can make it just as insecure as the one he chose for us.
- dang 8y ago
  Could you please stop posting unsubstantive and/or flamebaity comments to Hacker News? It's not what this site is for, and we ban accounts that do that repeatedly. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
jachee 8y ago
Read up on the French Revolution and what actually happened. You'll learn who did what to whom and within what legal framework (or lack thereof). You may also start to see some parallels.
- padseeker 8y ago
  All I'm saying is there is far worse stuff than fake net neutrality comments. See my other comment regarding big pharma or oil companies.
  - jachee 8y ago
    The fake comments are simply "Let them eat cake." in my analogy.
padseeker 8y ago
I love the fact that one person is correcting me it's hyperbolic, and another is telling me yes I want actual executions. And the downvotes from probably both of you. There are big corporations doing much more despicable things then registering fake comments over net neutrality. Hyperbole or not, calling for the guillotine over fake comments against net neutrality is over the top compared to say fossil fuel companies and their liability related to global warming, or pharmaceuticals extorting patients for medicines like insulin or the epi-pen. That I could understand wanting the guillotine. Not fake net neutrality comments. Here's the deal. I am PRO NET NEUTRALITY. I hate that Ajit Pai did away with it. He may have colluded with the Comcasts and AT&Ts of the world to get rid of it, he might have just opened the door for them to do what they did. It's awfully hard to prove if he did help post fake comments. I doubt he cared what was in them to begin with. I suspect most people knew those comments were fake, it was just a smoke screen for doing what the big companies wanted.
- jachee 8y ago
  For what it's worth, I didn't downvote. And to clarify, it's not the guillotine for fake comments, so much as using money and power for inherently anti-social motives. The wants of the few should never trump the needs of the many. Eventually the many will get fed-up, and the few will become the none.

imgabe 8y ago

It's not merely fake comments. It's fake comments used by a small group of people to enrich themselves at the expense of everyone else. I'm sure the reference to the death penalty is being hyperbolic, but this is a little different from some kid pretending to be a Navy Seal to sound like a tough guy.

craftinator 8y ago

I'm advocating for execution. He took on a position of power and responsibility. He abused that power to line his pockets while disregarding the responsibility to the American people. Maybe we should set up a comment system to decide his fate! And we can make it just as insecure as the one he chose for us.

dang 8y ago
Could you please stop posting unsubstantive and/or flamebaity comments to Hacker News? It's not what this site is for, and we ban accounts that do that repeatedly. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

jachee 8y ago

Read up on the French Revolution and what actually happened. You'll learn who did what to whom and within what legal framework (or lack thereof). You may also start to see some parallels.

padseeker 8y ago
All I'm saying is there is far worse stuff than fake net neutrality comments. See my other comment regarding big pharma or oil companies.
- jachee 8y ago
  The fake comments are simply "Let them eat cake." in my analogy.

padseeker 8y ago

I love the fact that one person is correcting me it's hyperbolic, and another is telling me yes I want actual executions. And the downvotes from probably both of you. There are big corporations doing much more despicable things then registering fake comments over net neutrality. Hyperbole or not, calling for the guillotine over fake comments against net neutrality is over the top compared to say fossil fuel companies and their liability related to global warming, or pharmaceuticals extorting patients for medicines like insulin or the epi-pen. That I could understand wanting the guillotine. Not fake net neutrality comments. Here's the deal. I am PRO NET NEUTRALITY. I hate that Ajit Pai did away with it. He may have colluded with the Comcasts and AT&Ts of the world to get rid of it, he might have just opened the door for them to do what they did. It's awfully hard to prove if he did help post fake comments. I doubt he cared what was in them to begin with. I suspect most people knew those comments were fake, it was just a smoke screen for doing what the big companies wanted.

jachee 8y ago
For what it's worth, I didn't downvote. And to clarify, it's not the guillotine for fake comments, so much as using money and power for inherently anti-social motives. The wants of the few should never trump the needs of the many. Eventually the many will get fed-up, and the few will become the none.