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It seems to me that the post I was replying to was the one flamebaiting.

• dang 7y ago
  Even so, it doesn't mean you can post like that to HN. You don't not get a speeding ticket because some other car passed you. I wouldn't say the GP was flamebait, though. Controversial no doubt, but not gratuitously provocative like your reply was. That's a big difference.
  • faissaloo 7y ago
    I don't see how my post was any more gratuitous than the one I was replying to. Also a speeding ticket is not comparable because this is an issue which has greater societal implications.
    • dang 7y ago
      If you don't find that analogy helpful, here's a proverb instead: two wrongs don't make a right.
      • faissaloo 7y ago
        The proverb is generally used as if context is irrelevant to the morality of a given action and I reject that notion.