In this post http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=176999 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=176999 I obviously humoured a few people, but I have read on another

In this post http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=176999 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=176999 I obviously humoured a few people, but I have read on another post that the value in HN comments is that they remained intelligent conversation, and didn't descend into one-liners or cheap insults. We respect intelligent conversation, and you have to support that!