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I vouched for this comment because it was dead, and I don't understand what is controversial about it?
by irthomasthomas 5y ago
I vouched for this comment because it was dead, and I don't understand what is controversial about it?
- q1w2 5y ago> the common idea is that civilization arrived later into northern, colder Europe Some people interpret the notion of "civilized" people vs not-civilized people as racist. I don't agree with that - but that is why that word gives people negative emotions. I subscribe to the literal definition of "civilized" to mean the use of written civil laws (civil society) - which would make its use in this context meaningless since a piece of jewellery does not the codification of laws.
- b0rsuk 5y agoIf you precede everything with disclaimers or definitions, it makes the message less clear. Here by "civilization" I meant larger scale settlement. If you look at maps of migration or neolithic revolution, they tend to happen in the most hospitable regions first, then in less hospitable.
- mkl 5y agoIt's nothing to do with this particular comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=b0rsuk https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=b0rsuk B0rsuk, you may want to email dang.
- Chris2048 5y agoAccount was (shadow?) banned for this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28596635 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28596635 EDIT: that said, not everything is dead, I'm not sure how this works - so maybe they are also being trolled by someone too..
- mkl 5y agoProbably individual comments being vouched for like the one here.
- b0rsuk 5y agoI considered it, but decided I will not do it, at least for now. I find treatment like this humiliating and patronizing. I stated my opinion on a religion, to the tune that it is extra prickly and likes to react to criticism of its prophet with violence. I would feel dishonest if I retracted that.