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He's concerned that his views may become controversial in future. Someone with published centre-right views in Cambodia in 1965 would have felt fairly safe. Fif
by bencollier49 5y ago
He's concerned that his views may become controversial in future. Someone with published centre-right views in Cambodia in 1965 would have felt fairly safe. Fifteen years later they would have been dead.
(Ah! I notice you've edited it. It's worth pointing out that 'Political Correctness' was originally a term to describe the 'correct' behaviour of people in totalitarian states.)
- 100011_100001 5y agoI respond to posts the same way I write code. I write it first, then look for edge cases. Perhaps I should add a new step, post after the edge cases have been considered.
- bencollier49 5y agoI guess we all have different edge cases to our worldviews!
- yesenadam 5y ago> Perhaps I should add a new step, post after the edge cases have been considered Or use the "delay" feature on your HN profile page: e.g. mine is set to 2, meaning after I post a comment, I have 2 minutes to edit, reconsider, proofread or delete before anyone sees it.