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Is discussion of the social and geopolitical aspects of this event acceptable? I understand the need to avoid flamewars, but I also believe that there is still
by LyndsySimon 7y ago
Is discussion of the social and geopolitical aspects of this event acceptable?
I understand the need to avoid flamewars, but I also believe that there is still a very strong contingent of people on HN that use it as a place to discuss things like this in a mature and appropriate way. Speaking only for myself, this is one of the reasons I like HN so much. It’s become more difficult as we’ve grown, but that’s to be expected. I hope we don’t lose the ability to have reasonable discussions of otherwise controversial topics :(
- dang 7y agoIn principle yes, in practice it's hard to say. Discussion of the social and geopolitical aspects could be acceptable if it wasn't repetitive and remained respectful. Unfortunately, the odds are higher of it swerving into angry repetition of the same tedious points over and over again, such as "why do they spend money on this rather than toilets", which HN has seen a great deal of in the last few days. Similarly, if a comment starts out by going on about the "enemies of India", there's little chance the thread won't degenerate.
- LyndsySimon 7y agoFair enough, and thanks for responding. I’ll try to keep my mouth shut in this particular topic for a while at least. :)