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You are trying really hard to obfuscate the issues here. The accusation is that Obbink stole the fragments and sold them. Using the correct name of the corpora

You are trying really hard to obfuscate the issues here. The accusation is that Obbink stole the fragments and sold them. Using the correct name of the corporation to which he sold the stolen fragments is not "a fun way to denigrate the people involved". As far as the museum, given their clear willingness to skirt legal and ethical boundaries in the acquisition of these artifacts, it's a major problem that these are the people own such a vast collection of important history.

dang 7y ago
That crosses into personal attack and breaks the site guidelines. Please edit such swipes out of what you post to HN.
- cblades 7y ago
  Unless it's already been edited, that comment is in no way a personal attack. Not even close.
  - dang 7y ago
    Of course this is all open to interpretation, but in the way we interpret the site guidelines for moderation purposes, "You are trying really hard to obfuscate the issues here" is crossing into personal attack. Note that phrase "crossing into"—it's meant to imply an errant elbow rather than charging at someone. Both are penalties but the latter is worse. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20"crosses%20into"&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=by%3Adang%20"crossing%20into"&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=by%3Adang%20%22cross%20into%22&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu... Please see https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and note this bit: "Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith."

dang 7y ago

That crosses into personal attack and breaks the site guidelines. Please edit such swipes out of what you post to HN.

cblades 7y ago
Unless it's already been edited, that comment is in no way a personal attack. Not even close.
- dang 7y ago
  Of course this is all open to interpretation, but in the way we interpret the site guidelines for moderation purposes, "You are trying really hard to obfuscate the issues here" is crossing into personal attack. Note that phrase "crossing into"—it's meant to imply an errant elbow rather than charging at someone. Both are penalties but the latter is worse. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20"crosses%20into"&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=by%3Adang%20"crossing%20into"&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=by%3Adang%20%22cross%20into%22&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu... Please see https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and note this bit: "Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith."