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Hmm. The guidelines say to avoid unrelated controversy, but possible military conflict in Eastern Europe does seem to be of some relevance to the topic at hand.
by anikan_vader 5y ago
Hmm. The guidelines say to avoid unrelated controversy, but possible military conflict in Eastern Europe does seem to be of some relevance to the topic at hand.
After all, the name of the article is "War Starts," and it begins by clearly hinting at the tensions between the US and China. The build-up of military assets on the border of Russia with Ukraine may merely be posturing [1], or it may be preparation for an invasion (which doesn't seem impossible a priori, given that Russia has invaded Ukraine in the past decade). In either case, it seems to me that this sort of international posturing/brinksmanship is very relevant to the article's discussion. A key question the article seemingly poses is whether war will die out, or whether it remains an essential part of society.
[1] https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/3/how-real-is-the-threat-of-a-russian-invasion-of-ukraine https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/3/how-real-is-the-thr...
- dang 5y agoThat's a classic example of a tangent (single point of contact, leading in a completely different direction), and flamewar tangents are most of all what we want to avoid here. Hot generic topics are like black holes that suck in any unsuspecting spaceships that fly nearby. Our goal is to steer clear of those, because they lead to the most repetitive and inflamed sorts of discussion, drowning out anything that is quieter or more obscure, and ultimately, anything interesting. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20black%20hole%20-pigment&sort=byDate&type=story&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- anikan_vader 5y agoI see. That makes sense.
- dang 5y agoAppreciated!