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I couldn't agree more with this, now dead, comment. Time to pay attention, folks! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28658113 https://news.ycombinator.com/it

I couldn't agree more with this, now dead, comment. Time to pay attention, folks! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28658113 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28658113

sul_tasto 5y ago
what did it say? Your point is unclear.
- docmars 5y ago
  It speaks for itself -- I won't dictate that for you. Think freely, unbounded by what you're asking me to prescribe.
  - jasonvorhe 5y ago
    "think freely" has become nothing but an empty vessel for whatever stupid point you someone wants to make. I'd love to know how many of these people have "Sapere Aude!!" in their social media bio. Almost all western countries didn't do enough to fight Covid and most of them didn't do a good of experimenting with the best approaches to limit its spread and their communication was often chaotic and incomplete, leading to even deeper mistrust in the institutions. If Norway wouldn't have had a vaccination strategy and they'd be lifting all restrictions I could see your point, but >65% of the population being vaccinated hardly calls for a comparison of an entire nation state with a loud minority that's questioning all science for the opportunity to get to LARP a rebellion against a state that won't kill or torture them. Applause.
    - docmars 5y ago
      >LARP a rebellion against a state that won't kill or torture them Heh, but does imprison "insurrectionists" without a fair trial who happened to take part in getting a free tour of the Capitol, hosted by none other than the police themselves! "Come right in!", they said. All the while, the same event leading to the death of an unarmed, non-violent protestor, said to be "far worse than the 9/11 attacks" according to the grand media spin -- the same corporate news networks who praised the 2020 summer of fires, mass theft, and the closure of local small businesses as a result of aimless civil disobedience at the expense of anyone who dare step in their way. I can keep vending irrefutable facts, but past this point, research on the behalf of a stranger unwilling may cost a little.

I couldn't agree more with this, now dead, comment. Time to pay attention, folks! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28658113 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28658113

sul_tasto 5y ago

what did it say? Your point is unclear.

docmars 5y ago
It speaks for itself -- I won't dictate that for you. Think freely, unbounded by what you're asking me to prescribe.
- jasonvorhe 5y ago
  "think freely" has become nothing but an empty vessel for whatever stupid point you someone wants to make. I'd love to know how many of these people have "Sapere Aude!!" in their social media bio. Almost all western countries didn't do enough to fight Covid and most of them didn't do a good of experimenting with the best approaches to limit its spread and their communication was often chaotic and incomplete, leading to even deeper mistrust in the institutions. If Norway wouldn't have had a vaccination strategy and they'd be lifting all restrictions I could see your point, but >65% of the population being vaccinated hardly calls for a comparison of an entire nation state with a loud minority that's questioning all science for the opportunity to get to LARP a rebellion against a state that won't kill or torture them. Applause.
  - docmars 5y ago
    >LARP a rebellion against a state that won't kill or torture them Heh, but does imprison "insurrectionists" without a fair trial who happened to take part in getting a free tour of the Capitol, hosted by none other than the police themselves! "Come right in!", they said. All the while, the same event leading to the death of an unarmed, non-violent protestor, said to be "far worse than the 9/11 attacks" according to the grand media spin -- the same corporate news networks who praised the 2020 summer of fires, mass theft, and the closure of local small businesses as a result of aimless civil disobedience at the expense of anyone who dare step in their way. I can keep vending irrefutable facts, but past this point, research on the behalf of a stranger unwilling may cost a little.