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I'm not going to say nothing while someone advocates suicide. I'm just not that understanding.

• dang 7y ago
  To respond to a comment like that with a goading personal attack is a whole new level of unkindness. That breaks the site guidelines badly. If you keep doing that, we're going to have to ban you. I don't want to ban you, so would you mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the spirit of this site more to heart?
  • lacampbell 7y ago
    If the spirit of the site is "someone advocating suicide and telling a board full of people - many of whom are young - that life is downhill from 18" is perfectly kosher, then I think you do want to ban me, because I find that abhorrent. Sucks that that guys life went badly, boo hoo etc, but the least we can do is prevent his poisonous mindset influence even more people. So yes I can see why you find my comment objectionable. If you did not find his comment even more objectionable, let's call it quits.
    • dang 7y ago
      I don't see the comment as an attempt to influence others. It describes the commenter's experience. We have a site guideline that covers such cases: "Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html