I'm not normally one to argue in favor of HN as a political venue, but I'm not up for Erlang Day. Changing the subject is exactly what the police state wants.

I'm not normally one to argue in favor of HN as a political venue, but I'm not up for Erlang Day. Changing the subject is exactly what the police state wants. They institute some bogus rule. We grumble. They hold firm until a shiny object comes along to distract everyone. Then the bogus rule becomes the new normal. Nine years and a few dozen iterations later, here we are. So you can try to change the subject, yet again, if you want. But don't expect help from me. I'm fed up. I'm done with my apolitical pose on this issue. There is going to have to be a continuous, consistent effort to turn back the police-state tide. Civil disobedience, letters to people in power, and an unrelenting focus on getting things changed. It will be uncomfortable, it will be boring, it will be quite tedious, it will probably come through on HN no matter what anyone does, and it will be better than the alternative. But if the greater HN community decides to retreat into Erlang and pretend it will all go away by itself, well, enjoy that. I'll go somewhere else for a while. Big internet out there.