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Oh, look; a brand spanking new HN account backing China on this one! Yes, why would it be bad news for an authoritarian government to strengthen its hold on its
by EpicEng 7y ago
Oh, look; a brand spanking new HN account backing China on this one! Yes, why would it be bad news for an authoritarian government to strengthen its hold on its people. Those spam calls are so annoying!
BTW, those spammers aren't sitting there on cell phones making calls.
- dang 7y agoYou can't attack a new user like that, regardless of how strongly you disagree with them. Please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here. The damage of punishing someone innocent is orders of magnitude greater than the benefit (or pleasure) of scourging villains, so please err on the side of being a welcoming community member. The last thing HN needs is to stew in its own juices with "Keep Out" signs nailed to the clubhouse everywhere.
- EpicEng 7y agoFair enough
- PavlovsCat 7y ago> The damage of punishing someone innocent is orders of magnitude greater than the benefit (or pleasure) of scourging villains Ohh, "orders of magnitude", how very fucking scientific. And then you turn on your mind-reading device and claim stuff like > The problem with bringing such links into arguments like this is that no one does so for reasons of intellectual interest. For example, in this case, people aren't actually interested in the plight of the Uighurs. Rather, it's convenient ammunition for justifying pre-existing political and national feelings. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17763554 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17763554