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It doesn't matter to the long run view of civilization, as I already clarified. The premise of your criticism is also pretty silly - China's high tech surveilla

by darawk 7y ago

It doesn't matter to the long run view of civilization, as I already clarified. The premise of your criticism is also pretty silly - China's high tech surveillance platform matters substantially less to me personally than whatever it is that Trump is up to.

thereare5lights 7y ago
> The premise of your criticism is also pretty silly Hardly, it's the sentiment echoed by your statement that is prevalent throughout tech circles. Out of sight, out of mind.
- darawk 7y ago
  > Hardly, it's the sentiment echoed by your statement that is prevalent throughout tech circles. Out of sight, out of mind. Do you believe my statement is false? Or are you simply arguing with an imagined statement that I didn't make?
  - thereare5lights 7y ago
    Your statement is false and your statement also does imply the things you think it doesn't.
  - dang 7y ago
    Would you please not do flamewar back-and-forths on Hacker News? They're tedious, and encourage the sort of nastiness we're trying to avoid here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- JCharante 7y ago
  If you were in a minority group would you rather face the risk of police brutality or the risk of being sent off to a job center? China has more "minorities", and what could you possibly mean by out of sight, out of mind, since I doubt you are based in China, or else this might be a greater concern. You're literally not concerned about this because you're not part of the civilian population that is being subjected to this surveillance.
  - thereare5lights 7y ago
    TLDR: police brutality in the US doesn't matter because you can be sent off to a job center in China. Alright.
    - dang 7y ago
      Posting flamewar comments like you did in this thread is not allowed here. We ban accounts that keep doing that, so would you please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stop doing it? We've already had to ask you this in the past.
  - luckylion 7y ago
    > If you were in a minority group would you rather face the risk of police brutality or the risk of being sent off to a job center? "Be shot" vs "Sent to a re-education camp". Tough choice, but I believe most would opt to suffer but be alive. > what could you possibly mean by out of sight, out of mind I'm not the parent, but I do get a similar vibe a lot of the time. Focusing on China because it's far away, provides deflection from the trouble on the home front.

by darawk 7y ago

thereare5lights 7y ago

> The premise of your criticism is also pretty silly Hardly, it's the sentiment echoed by your statement that is prevalent throughout tech circles. Out of sight, out of mind.

darawk 7y ago
> Hardly, it's the sentiment echoed by your statement that is prevalent throughout tech circles. Out of sight, out of mind. Do you believe my statement is false? Or are you simply arguing with an imagined statement that I didn't make?
- thereare5lights 7y ago
  Your statement is false and your statement also does imply the things you think it doesn't.
- dang 7y ago
  Would you please not do flamewar back-and-forths on Hacker News? They're tedious, and encourage the sort of nastiness we're trying to avoid here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
JCharante 7y ago
If you were in a minority group would you rather face the risk of police brutality or the risk of being sent off to a job center? China has more "minorities", and what could you possibly mean by out of sight, out of mind, since I doubt you are based in China, or else this might be a greater concern. You're literally not concerned about this because you're not part of the civilian population that is being subjected to this surveillance.
- thereare5lights 7y ago
  TLDR: police brutality in the US doesn't matter because you can be sent off to a job center in China. Alright.
  - dang 7y ago
    Posting flamewar comments like you did in this thread is not allowed here. We ban accounts that keep doing that, so would you please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stop doing it? We've already had to ask you this in the past.
- luckylion 7y ago
  > If you were in a minority group would you rather face the risk of police brutality or the risk of being sent off to a job center? "Be shot" vs "Sent to a re-education camp". Tough choice, but I believe most would opt to suffer but be alive. > what could you possibly mean by out of sight, out of mind I'm not the parent, but I do get a similar vibe a lot of the time. Focusing on China because it's far away, provides deflection from the trouble on the home front.