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Some regular spaceship launch should never ever be used to shadow or censor the hardship currently being experienced by hundreds of millions. Yes, it is a fun

by tw1984 4y ago

Some regular spaceship launch should never ever be used to shadow or censor the hardship currently being experienced by hundreds of millions. Yes, it is a fun moment if you are into space tech or tech in general. Most people here on HN are the same, they love such stuff. WE love it because WE believe it can make life BETTER - that is not the case in China at the moment. Hundreds of millions are being locked up in China. We are talking about real lives, not some random figures on paper. Talking about paper, do you know the fact that you can now be arrested on the street by simply holding a piece of white paper? Sorry, but I am not going to celebrate the launch or the completion of the Chinese space station, hundreds of millions Chinese are suffering on the ground.

brookst 4y ago
I’m not following how the launch is “censoring the hardship”. Can you elaborate?
- DriftRegion 4y ago
  I think OP may referring to "flooding", a tried and true technique used by Chinese state media during politically sensitive times. To flood is to "prioritize the consumption of government-produced news over news produced by other groups or by citizens themselves." You can read more about it here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28799749 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28799749
  - brookst 4y ago
    Fair enough. Not sure I'm ready to call all attempts to manipulate public attention "censorship" (are Friday news dumps censorship?), but I suppose it's just semantics.
Kukumber 4y ago
What kind of obscurantism is that? Russia is abandoning the ISS, China will replace it, we should be thankful, we can continue research and dream about space exploration again We should also be thankful for all the scientific breakthroughs that will allow humankind to step on the moon for a 2nd time Mixing up your political agenda with science reminds me of how in the Middle Age, the Church was burning people alive for claiming that Earth was not flat and it rotates around the sun

by tw1984 4y ago

brookst 4y ago

I’m not following how the launch is “censoring the hardship”. Can you elaborate?

DriftRegion 4y ago
I think OP may referring to "flooding", a tried and true technique used by Chinese state media during politically sensitive times. To flood is to "prioritize the consumption of government-produced news over news produced by other groups or by citizens themselves." You can read more about it here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28799749 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28799749
- brookst 4y ago
  Fair enough. Not sure I'm ready to call all attempts to manipulate public attention "censorship" (are Friday news dumps censorship?), but I suppose it's just semantics.

Kukumber 4y ago

What kind of obscurantism is that? Russia is abandoning the ISS, China will replace it, we should be thankful, we can continue research and dream about space exploration again We should also be thankful for all the scientific breakthroughs that will allow humankind to step on the moon for a 2nd time Mixing up your political agenda with science reminds me of how in the Middle Age, the Church was burning people alive for claiming that Earth was not flat and it rotates around the sun