It also goes to show that much of what passes for "reasoned, non-emotional discourse" on HN can be written by people that don't always hold true to that stance

It also goes to show that much of what passes for "reasoned, non-emotional discourse" on HN can be written by people that don't always hold true to that stance when stuff they care about is affected. Ben Thomson should hire somebody to run his social media. Admin work of any kind will comes with hassles. A tech thought leader writing so childishly over a hiccup makes me question the value of his insights. But then I was never really sold on his writing to begin with, as it's a little too Economist-y. Nicely written, 30k ft view stuff for the managerial classes.