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>It does seem to me to be the worst decision in peacetime any country in the world has made in a thousand years. I don't even know what to do with this. Anyone
by rozab 5y ago
>It does seem to me to be the worst decision in peacetime any country in the world has made in a thousand years.
I don't even know what to do with this. Anyone, at ANY place on the political spectrum, can name many more catastrophic decisions within the 21st century. Why would this educated person write this? Is it supposed to be interpreted as a joke by a sympathetic reader, and to induce outrage in others?
- mhh__ 5y agoIt's half hyperbole half joke, with a fairly reasonable point snuck in since the decision genuinely ranks up there with other peacetime decisions made in comparable circumstances. This isn't a knock against you specifically but this is unbelievably obvious to me and I'm genuinely curious that have you have to ask/bothered to ask at all. I genuinely think hackernews encourages a lack of empathy in readers because these comments are rife all over the place be it this one or people moaning about clickbait headlines because they didn't read the first line of the article etc. Besides, the author still has a point: Brexit is either pointless or a disaster. The only argument I will accept in favour of it is if you are arguing against large blocs in general and believe the EU is doomed to fail, but even then it seems like sinking the ship in the name of killing the captain.
- rozab 5y agoMaybe I just missed the tone then, it doesn't seem obvious to me with the surrounding context that it's supposed to be hyperbole. And I don't think hyperbole is very useful with politically charged topics either.