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Note the word "probably". Seems like many miss it.

• dpifke 5y ago
  Yup! According to dang, the reason they don't ban TV news sites entirely (CNN, BBC, Fox News, etc.) is because they do occasionally surface an on-topic story. Personally, I flagged this, because I don't see any evidence of "interesting new phenomenon" (quoting the guidelines again). War is not a new phenomenon, countries engaged in war being accused of war crimes is not a new phenomenon... hell, I grew up at the tail end of the cold war, so Russia being accused of war crimes is not a new phenomenon. There are a million places on the internet to discuss politics and world affairs. Hacker News generally isn't one of them. I don't ask my book club to talk about MMA, I'm not sure why people insist on discussing the war in Ukraine here.
  • sharken 5y ago
    I get your point, but massacre of the Ukraine population carried out by the Russians is newsworthy and yes perhaps off-topic. I'd much rather come to Hacker News to discuss these events as i find the moderation and general attitude of commenters to be very good. And yes Hacker News is absolutely much more, but it's hard to ignore what is currently going on in Ukraine.
    • empressplay 5y ago
      alleged
      • SauciestGNU 5y ago
        We don't need to hedge here. These aren't allegedly dead people, they were killed, and the people with guns in the area were Russian.