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According to TFA: * Sarah Palin says I should be "hunted down like Osama bin Laden", a Republican bill sits before the US Senate seeking to have me declared a
by swombat 16y ago
According to TFA:
* Sarah Palin says I should be "hunted down like Osama bin Laden", a Republican bill sits before the US Senate seeking to have me declared a "transnational threat" and disposed of accordingly. An adviser to the Canadian Prime Minister's office has called on national television for me to be assassinated. An American blogger has called for my 20-year-old son, here in Australia, to be kidnapped and harmed for no other reason than to get at me.
- crocowhile 16y agoThis doesn't really answer your parent's question, does it? If you use TFA or RTFA make sure you do it properly, it's rude.
- resdirector 16y agoAgreed. Not only does it not answer my question, it's against the HN guidelines: http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.
- swombat 16y agoHow is it against the HN guidelines?
- resdirector 16y agoOkay, it's not really too much of a big a deal, but the way I read it, it was "TFA" as in "read the fucking article". I thought "come on, dude, it was a valid question": Julian, in his article, doesn't actually mention the source, just some vague reference to an unnamed blogger. Given the seriousness of the kidnap threats, I wanted to find out if it was a credible claim. E.g., I wanted to see the original source and find out (a) who said it (b) what was actually said and (c) ascertain how credible a threat it was. So when I read "TFA", I thought "come on, dude, that's a bit patronizing, it's a valid question, fair shake of the sauce bottle, mate". I think a few other people thought the same way, too. Personally I believe that there are no stupid questions (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1853740 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1853740) and we shouldn't diss questions stupid or otherwise.
- michael_dorfman 16y agoYes, it does. Explicitly and clearly. With a direct quotation. What more could you ask for?
- crocowhile 16y agoFor instance jacquesm answer? It's way more informative, it contains the actual answer to the question, is not arrogantly witty. Enough?
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- resdirector 16y agoWhat more could you ask for? The exact source. There's a world of difference between Julian's assertion of "a US blogger" versus a link to the original source (which jacquesm supplied). Perhaps we're living in the wikipedia generation, but it's quite concerning that people on Hacker News automatically consider assertions to be as credible as original sources! I mean, seriously, Julian makes a statement about how his son has received kidnapping threats, and people just swallow it without questioning? I'm not saying that I think Julian is lying (and having seen jacquesm's link, it seems like he wasn't), but I think it's incredibly important for anyone wishing to critically analyse current affairs to view all claims, on all sides of the debate, with a skeptical mind.
- rzitex 16y agoswombat, just to add a little humor to that. "hunted down like Osama bin Laden" When exactly did the US of A actually manage to hunt down Osama bin laden? If Assange is hunted the same way, he is sage until around 2030.
- sachitgupta 16y agoHaha Relevant: http://twitter.com/#!/wikileaks/status/11620256778821632 http://twitter.com/#!/wikileaks/status/11620256778821632