A huge number of replies arguing from personal experience, while the single comment providing data from a primary source is ignored. Come on, Hacker News. You

A huge number of replies arguing from personal experience, while the single comment providing data from a primary source is ignored. Come on, Hacker News. You are supposed to be better than this — repeated discussions with the same "but in Europe" "I've do X so Y doesn't happen" comments is why I stopped reading Slashdot. I've downvoted several anecdotes in this discussion. They contribute nothing to the discussion.